Remove space before inline citation in IEEE style

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Remove space before inline citation in IEEE style

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Currently, when I insert a reference, Word automatically inserts a space before the citation. I have already edited the .xsl code to make the reference number superscript, but I do not see what I need to delete to remove the space.

Any and all help would be much appreciated.

Please find the relevant edited code below:

<xsl:for-each select="b:Citation">

<xsl:variable name="SourceType">

<xsl:value-of select="b:Source/b:SourceType"/>

</xsl:variable>

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$SourceType = 'Book' or

$SourceType = 'BookSection' or

$SourceType = 'Film' or

$SourceType = 'Case' or

$SourceType = 'JournalArticle' or

$SourceType = 'ArticleInAPeriodical' or

$SourceType = 'Misc' or

$SourceType = 'ElectronicSource' or

$SourceType = 'Report' or

$SourceType = 'DocumentFromInternetSite' or

$SourceType = 'Art' or

$SourceType = 'SoundRecording' or

$SourceType = 'Performance' or

$SourceType = 'Interview' or

$SourceType = 'InternetSite' or

$SourceType = 'Patent' or

$SourceType = 'ConferenceProceedings' ">

<xsl:variable name ="cPages">

<xsl:value-of select="count(b:Pages)" />

</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name ="initValueOfPages">

<xsl:value-of select="b:Pages"/>

</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name ="pages">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="contains($initValueOfPages, '-')">

<xsl:value-of select="concat('pp. ',$initValueOfPages)"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:when test="contains($initValueOfPages, ',')">

<xsl:value-of select="concat('pp. ',$initValueOfPages)"/>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:otherwise>

<xsl:value-of select="concat('p. ',$initValueOfPages)"/>

</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:variable>

<xsl:if test="b:FirstAuthor">

<xsl:call-template name ="templ_prop_SecondaryOpen"/>

</xsl:if>

<xsl:call-template name="RefOrder"/>

<xsl:if test="count(b:Pages)>0">

<xsl:call-template name="displayPageOrPages" >

<xsl:with-param name="pages" select ="$pages"/>

</xsl:call-template>

</xsl:if>

<xsl:if test="b:LastAuthor">

<xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_SecondaryClose"/>

</xsl:if>

<xsl:if test="not(b:LastAuthor)">

<xsl:call-template name="templ_prop_ListSeparator"/>

<xsl:call-template name ="templ_prop_Space"/>

</xsl:if>

</xsl:element></body>

</html>

</xsl:when>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

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Answer 1

Anonymous

I am sorry for the inconvenience, unfortunately, I don't have any further troubleshooting to offer.

There are many knowledgeable users active on the forum and I hope that someone else can offer further insight on your issue.

Thanks,

Adeyemi

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Answer 2

Hi Adeyemi,

Thank you for your response. I appreciate that it may be the style to have a space ahead of the citation, but, for my needs, I would like to remove this.

Unfortunately, I could not find any instances of <xsl:text> </xsl:text> in the Microsoft IEEE2006OfficeOnline.xsl file and so this has not solved my problem.

Answer 3

Hello,

I’m Adeyemi and I’d be happy to help you with your question.

In IEEE style, citations are numbered in square brackets and are usually placed at a relevant point in the sentence, for example after the author’s name or the quote you’re citing, or just at the end of the sentence as described here: https://www.scribbr.com/ieee/ieee-in-text-citation/ Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.'

Each citation number should be enclosed in square brackets on the same line as the text, before any punctuation, with a space before the bracket, you can get more details about this here: https://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/library-guides-to-citing-referencing/attachments/ieee-style-guide.pdf. Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.'

One possible solution could be to search for any instances of <xsl:text> </xsl:text> in your .xsl file and remove the space between the tags. This will remove any spaces that are being added by the XSL transformation.

I hope this helps!

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