Punctuation in Output Styles

Style guides in some regions require a space before the colon (and other punctuation marks) in the formatting of references. Other style guides do not.

Select either English or French in the Punctuation option in the output style. The default selection is English.

The English option tells EndNote to remove extra spaces before the following punctuation marks. Spaces before other punctuation marks and symbols are retained.

• Colon (:)
• Semicolon (;)
• Exclamation mark (!)
• Question mark (?)

The French option tells EndNote that a space is required before and after the following punctuation marks.

• Colon (:)
• Semicolon (;)
• Chevrons (<< >>) (opening and closing)
• Exclamation mark (!)
• Question mark (?)
• Percent sign (%)
• Dollar sign ($)
• Pound sign (#)