adding numeric ie numbers to APA 6th ed with abstracts

Marg Friesen
hi,
how do i add "numeric" i.e. numbers, in front of the author-date in the APA 6th edition (annotated with abstracts)? marg
  • adamsmith
    edited August 10, 2014
    if you're editing the CSL, add <text variable="citation-number"/>
    at the beginning of the bibliography section. Let us know if you need more detailed instructions, it's not clear whether you understand the basics of editing CSL or not.
  • Marg Friesen
    hi,
    i followed your instructions and was able to install on my computer but alas no numbers when i did a test bibliography. suggestions? marg

    ps how do I remove styles i no longer want?
  • Marg Friesen
    i probably entered what you sent in the wrong place - i selected bibliography layout and then disabled name-delimiter and typed in what you sent (without the <>). marg
  • adamsmith
    This is what you'd want to do:
    <layout>
    <group suffix=".">
    <group delimiter=". ">
    <text variable="citation-number"/>
    <text macro="author"/>


    remember to also change the style's title and id so it doesn't get overwritten on updates.
    https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step#change_the_style_title_and_id
  • Marg Friesen
    I think I am going to need detailed step by step instructions.

    I've reviewed as much as of the documentation supplied on the website that I could find and tried your instructions but can't seem to find what is needed to make the changes.

    My latest attempt:

    CSL visual editor:

    1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
    2. Layout - could find the suffix and delimiter but not the text variable or the text macro.

    Please advise.
  • zuphilip
    In CSL visual editor:
    a) Edit APA 6th edition
    b) Click through: BIBLIOGRAPHY -> Layout -> Group -> (first) Group
    c) Click on the "+"-symbol, i.e. add node withing group
    d) Choose "Text"
    e) Change Type to "variable", variable to "citation-number"
    f) Move the new node up, to be the first thing to appear (drag&drop)
    g) Click through: STYLE INFO -> Info and change ID and Title
    h) Save the new style
  • Marg Friesen
    Lovely. thanks.

    Now, can you please tell me how to "bold" the whole reference? the idea is to have the reference bolded but not the abstract.

    also, how do I delete the citation styles i've installed in my own library that i no longer want - selecting and hitting the delete button does not work - nor does the "-".

    marg
  • zuphilip
    Make something bold:
    https://github.com/citation-style-editor/csl-editor/wiki/User-guide-for-the-CSL-Editor#make-the-inline-citations-bold

    Delete citation styles in zotero:
    https://www.zotero.org/support/preferences/cite
  • Marg Friesen
    When Zotero underwent its major change to only Standalone (or whatever that was), all of the citation styles I had modified were lost. I have been unable to find the CSL visual editor I used to modify an existing citation format that I used previously (see previous conversations). Would you please tell me where to find it?
  • damnation
    CSL Visual Editor: http://editor.citationstyles.org/visualEditor/
  • Marg Friesen
    A big THANKS - that worked fine. While working on modifying existing styles, I found the styles I had modified several years ago that I had saved on to my hard drive (and had forgotten about).
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