How To Use Et Al In Word

Often appears in academic documents.

How to use et al in word. On the subsequent citations for three four or five authors. The abbreviation et al. Any time you have more than two authors the potential for using et al. Always write et al in lowercase unless it begins a sentence and include a period after al even when it appears in the middle of a sentence. 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. 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. 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. Provide all the authors last names when you first refer to a document with 3 5 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. Does not need to be italicized in normal use. Citation mor09 n t l 1033 f morales et al and. Morales martínez mandow garcía cerezo dec. After the first author.

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. It does take a period after the second word even when it falls in the middle of a sentence. Only list the first author with the latin abbreviation et al for any subsequent references. Morales et al dec. With in text citation is there.

The term al is an abbreviation of alii and the entire phrase et al always follows at least one person s name job position or title. As such the first citation should spell out all their names and any subsequent citation can include et al. 2009 will change in. In general et al. Is best reserved for citations and other parenthetical remarks in academic or other types of formal writing.