Citing an author in a sentence

marklimb

Is there a way to cite an author in-line in a sentence? For example, "Jones (2016) said..."

I note that I can exclude author from the citation but then I need to manually type the author/s' name/s which potentially introduces errors. I'm looking for Zotero to still insert the author just in this different format.

Thanks!

adamsmith

Currently excluding the author, i.e. suppress author, is the only option. A simpler option is planned, but no ETA.

djross3

(This has been discussed a number of times on the forums, but with no official option for it, I created a Word macro that works similarly, although you'd have to adapt it for the citation style you're using: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/73159/announcing-zoterzero-for-author-only-cites -- the simplest option is to just do without -- write the name manually -- but if you want to go through the extra effort of setting this up as a macro, I personally use it and find it helpful.)