Sitation before the sentences

purwoko · February 19, 2014

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Can i set the citation before the sentence with Zotero?
for example: "Edison (2012) said ......."

adamsmith · February 19, 2014

Type the author in your word processor and use the "suppress author" button in the plugin:
http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#quick_format_citation_dialog

purwoko · February 19, 2014

I do it with editing the sitation in "source editor".
For example (Edison, 2012), i do edit to Edison (2012). its ok?

adamsmith · February 19, 2014

No, that's a bad idea. It will prevent the citation from updating in the future, e.g. if you change the citation style or if you update the citation's data in Zotero.

purwoko · February 19, 2014

Ups,
So what is the function of "show editor" in Zotero?
Sometime i do editing the citation here.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6079703529_31f111c487_b.jpg

Note: this is the 1st time i know the function and term of suppress-author. Thanks

adamsmith · February 19, 2014

well, if editing a citation really can't be avoided, that's what you want to use. But in most cases you can use prefix/suffix and suppress author to get what you want/need.