How To Use Et Al In Word

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How to use et al in word. Morales et al dec. As such the first citation should spell out all their names and any subsequent citation can include et al. Only list the first author with the latin abbreviation et al for any subsequent references. In apa 7 for a work with three or more authors list the first author and et al for all citations including the first citation unless doing so would create ambiguity. Citation mor09 l 1033 in.

I am trying to change the settings so that if there are more than 2 authors it says first author et al year with the settings now it only does this when than are more than 5 authors. 2009 will change in. In general et al. On the subsequent citations for three four or five authors. It does take a period after the second word even when it falls in the middle of a sentence.

6 or more authors. Essentially means and others extra or in addition it is the abbreviated form of the latin expression et alia or et alii or et aliae the masculine and feminine form of the plural respectively. Morales martínez mandow garcía cerezo dec. The abbreviation et al. Citation mor09 n t l 1033 f morales et al and.

Any time you have more than two authors the potential for using et al. 2009 one has to do this manually how to do this automatically. Provide all the authors last names when you first refer to a document with 3 5 authors. After the first author. Jones chavez jackson and chen 2010 duplicated.

Note that this rule has changed from apa 6 guidelines on using et al which recommend listing all author names in the first citation up to five authors but then using et al for the second and subsequent citations. Using the edit field option right clicking in the citation field might do the job. Hello i am using the citations and bibliography option in word 2010 apa sixth style. Often appears in academic documents. Does not need to be italicized in normal use.