She reopened EndNote. She edited the field. She saved. She updated the Word document. She held her breath.
Alena smiled weakly. “EndNote is a cruel mistress.”
Her hand cramped. There were over twenty names. She whispered a curse into the stale air of her cubicle. gaussian 09 citation endnote
Alena wanted to cry. She opened . She navigated through a labyrinth of menus: Bibliography > Author Lists . She un-checked the box that said “Use et al. if there are more than 3 authors.”
Just then, Professor Hammond walked by, holding a printed .log file. He glanced at her screen. She reopened EndNote
She sighed. “Fine.” She typed all 23 names manually.
Not a soft crash—a full, spinning blue wheel of death. When Word reopened, the citation read: (Frisch, M. J., et al., 2009) . She updated the Word document
She returned to Word. She re-inserted the citation. The document updated.
“Still et al.!” she yelled. “The ghost lied to me!”