National Library of Medicine with alphabetized bibliography

gries.sama
I have been trying to edit the National Library of Medicine citation style so that the bibliography is in alphabetical order by author last name rather than order of appearance in text. Any suggestions on how to successfully do this? Thanks!
  • adamsmith
    first thing you want to work with "Vancouver" (which is the same, but has the actual style code).

    Then, find
    <bibliography et-al-min="7" et-al-use-first="6" second-field-align="flush">
    <layout>

    replace with
    <bibliography et-al-min="7" et-al-use-first="6" second-field-align="flush">
    <sort>
    <key macro="author"/>
    <key macro="date"/>
    </sort>
    <layout>

    general instructions are here:
    https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step
  • gries.sama
    Thanks for the help! I was able to change the style code as above. How do I implement the new code in Microsoft Word?
  • adamsmith
    install the style, and change to a different style and back.
  • gries.sama
    After saving the style code and trying to install it, I received this message: This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. Did I enter something wrong in the code?
  • adamsmith
    that message always appears - do you also get the "Install" message? If so, the style is fine.
  • gries.sama
    Was able to get the new code to work. Thanks!

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