Word APA referencing bug (or am I using it wrong)

[Will]

Hi,

I am trying to use the Mac Word 2008 referencing feature. There seems
to be a bug.

If I create a reference to a source, for example written by John
Smith, that has no date the in-text citation should be in this format:

(Smith, n.d.)

what Word currently does is

(Smith)

Is there anyway for me to fix this?

Thanks

 

[Ben W]

Hi,

I am trying to use the Mac Word 2008 referencing feature. There seems
to be a bug.

If I create a reference to a source, for example written by John
Smith, that has no date the in-text citation should be in this format:

(Smith, n.d.)

what Word currently does is

(Smith)

Is there anyway for me to fix this?

Thanks

It could just be me, but I've also found Word's citation abilities
(while still useful) are generally not formatted correctly. I work
primarily with MLA citations and all the spacing ends up coming out
wrong, in-text citations are often incorrect. Of course I guess there
are different references as to what the "proper" way to do MLA is, but
I've never seen one that looks at all like Word generates.

 

[John McGhie]

It's not just you.

We are waiting for our resident citations expert to return from her holidays
and help you out.

But basically, the Word 2008 citation styles are currently not quite
correct, and there is work going on to improve them.

Cheers

It could just be me, but I've also found Word's citation abilities
(while still useful) are generally not formatted correctly. I work
primarily with MLA citations and all the spacing ends up coming out
wrong, in-text citations are often incorrect. Of course I guess there
are different references as to what the "proper" way to do MLA is, but
I've never seen one that looks at all like Word generates.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Huh. Did you put n.d. in the Date field? That works here, and shouldn't
mess anything up, I don't think.