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The dilemma of the "creeping commas" - How do I keep credentials, separated from a surname with a comma, from jumping to the front of the output. If I place "John Jones, Ph.D." or "Sandra MacLean Clunies, CG" in a space in a master source list as author or compiler or recipient, the output moves everything after the comma to the FRONT of the displayed surname fo it looks like "Ph.D. John Jones". I've been doing a workaround by leaving off commas, but am sure there is a way to do it and present names correctly. Same thing happens with multiple authors. "John Jones, Bill Smith and Herb White" comes out "Bill Smith and Herb White John Jones". Advice please!

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From the Help article on entering names in source definitions:

 

The name of the author/compiler/editor in the form "Last, First Middle." Multiple authors are separated by a semicolon. When printed, the first and last names will be rearranged as required for footnotes/endnotes and bibliographies. Because commas are used to separate last and first names, you cannot use them elsewhere.

 

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