Adding to and editing multiple citations

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Manuscripts allows you to create citations with multiple citation items.

To cite multiple sources

1. Place the text insertion caret next to the citation you want to append to.
2. Bring up your citation tool of choice (either the in-app citation tool or Magic Citations).
3. Choose the items you want to cite and enter them. In case of Magic Citations, you can simply search again after having pressed Enter to filter items for a multiple citation.

To add sources to an existing citation

1. Place the text insertion caret next to the citation you want to append to (either before or after it will both work).
2. Bring up your citation tool of choice (either the in-app citation tool or Magic Citations).
3. Insert the citation, and it appears at the end of the existing citation.

Add a source to an existing citation

1. Place the text insertion caret next to the citation you want to append to.
2. Bring up your citation tool of choice (either the in-app citation tool or Magic Citations).
3. Insert the citation, and it appears at the end of the existing citation.

To edit (and remove from) a citation with multiple sources

To edit a citation with multiple entries, right-click the citation and use the left and right arrow buttons to navigate between items, and the "Delete" button to drop any unwanted sources.

@mz2 Further to your pinned post regarding citations, I'm having a little difficulty amending them, or placing them in the correct order. My normal practice is to place in-text citations in date order, and in alpha order if they are the same year. However, when I attempt to add a citation to an existing one, they don't combine (i.e. within the same parenthesis), but the new one is rather on its own beside it. If I try to re-do it entirely i.e. delete the existing ref and replace it with a multiple citation, the programme ignores the order I bring them up in. Is this to do with the journal/citation style?

@Anthony are you citing with the internal citation tool or with Magic Manuscripts?

Magic Manuscripts. I have Papers3, and I'm bringing up the citation tool by double-tapping Ctrl,

First time using Manuscripts to see if it is more stable to use that Word/Papers/MagicManuscripts.

Citation style set to America Journal of Physiology: Heart Circ.. and they use a numbering system. The usual method for merging multiple citations is to select existing citation and move the text insertion caret next to the citation you want to append to > ctrl+ctrl and summon the reference with Magic Manuscripts.

I do this, and also the internal citation method, and I have only successfully merged one reference, with most failing to do so. Is there something that I am not doing?

**Example: **... also has the capacity to restore normal protective signalling and responses in older or diseased hearts (2) (1) (3) (6).

@bbud02 to merge, the caret needs to be placed right before / after the existing citation.

@mz2 Hi, Unfortunately, it is not working with my version. The example previously has the caret placed right after, and it instead places a new space and bracket in a separate citation (not merged.). I am familiar with this method after using Papers + MS Word combination.

@bbud02 this is a bit more fiddly than it should be and we should probably add a context menu item for "Add a Citation" to make this easier, but placing the caret literally right next to the existing citation should do it. To rule out document (citation style) specific issues with this working (it's remotely possible because the application has to "search for" a nearby citation), would you mind sending us the document referring to this discussion where this is failing, please?