Author (year:pages) for in-text citation

audzee · 2024-12-14T01:36:55+00:00

Hello--

What is the best way to edit a CSL file to get the author OUTSIDE of the parentheses in, say, APA or author-date style? Thank you!

damnation · 2024-12-14T02:04:53+00:00

You omit the author as explained here: https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage

audzee · 2024-12-16T14:43:34+00:00

Hi! To clarify, this is how I need all of the in-text citations to render:

Author last name (year:pages)

How would I modify the APA or author-date CSL file to accomlish this? Thank you so much!

damnation · 2024-12-16T16:27:13+00:00

This is dealt with within "citation" and the "layout" there. At the end of the style.

Change it to something like this:


    <layout prefix="(" suffix=")" delimiter="; ">
      <group delimiter=" ">
        <text macro="author-intext"/>
        <group delimiter=": " prefix="(" suffix=")">
          <text macro="date-intext"/>
          <text macro="citation-locator"/>
        </group>
      </group>
    </layout>

You will need to follow this guide: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step