Multiple in-line citation styles

Hedaja
Hi

In my university they require different in-line citation styles depending on how a source is quoted.
1) source directly addressed "As seen in NAME (year)..."
2) source at the end of a section/sentence "sentence [NAME year]

Is there a way to achieve this with CSL and Zotero?
Our university has been using Citavi but is planning to make the switch to Zotero. Citavi has a quick option to disable () around the year. I can achieve the same in Zotero with editing the entry manually but that disables automatic updates when the entry is changed in Zotero.

Thanks in advance
Christian
  • dstillman
    edited June 24, 2024
    Don't edit manually. See "Narrative Citations with Omit Author" here:

    https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#customizing_cites

    (We'll be offering a way to do this without manually typing the author's name in a future version.)
  • adamsmith
    If the () vs [] is an actual difference, though, I don't think we'd be able to do that?
  • Hedaja
    Thank you for the answers
    @dstillman
    the omit feature is exactly what I am looking for. The documentation says to click the 'omit Author' check box but all I can see is 'suppress author' as shown in the section 'Page and Other Locators' further up. I also don't see an option like that in the 'classic view'. Am I missing it somewhere?
    I'm using the Zotero 7 beta btw.
  • Hedaja
    edited June 24, 2024
    ah okay sorry I misunderstood that section. I get it now. The check box is now called 'suppress author' and it simply just leaves out the author's name. So you'd still have to write the name yourself for a correct narrative citation.
    Having a narrative check box would be nice =)
  • dstillman
    edited June 24, 2024
    "Omit Author" is the current wording. You shouldn't be seeing "Suppress Author" in a current version of Zotero.

    Can you provide a Report ID?
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