I'm using the apacite
package, trying to format my reference list so that it is single-spaced but with a blank line in between each entry. From the documentation for apacite, it seems that the way to do this is to insert the code:
\setlength\bibitemsep{2\baselineskip}
But when I have the natbibapa
option turned on, it seems to over-ride this command. Here is a minimal working example:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[natbibapa]{apacite}
\begin{filecontents}{test.bib}
@article{author99,
title = {A fine title},
year = {1899},
author = {An Author and Another Bauthor and Yeta Cauthor},
journal = {Madness}
}
@article{author05,
title = {The best title},
year = {1905},
author = {An Author and More Dauthors and Whois Thisauthor and Heis Thatauthor},
journal = {Insanity}
}
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
\citet{author99}. \citet{author05}.
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\setlength\bibitemsep{\baselineskip}
\bibliography{test}
\end{document}
If I remove the natbibapa
option (and change the citet
s to plain cite
s), then the bibitemsep
command is respected. I'd much prefer to use the natbibapa
option though. Any suggestions as to how to get the lineskip working with natbibapa
would be much appreciated.
Best Answer
The
natbibapa
option loads thenatbib
package, and this takes over the formatting of the bibliography. Thereforewill do what you want, where
\bibsep
is the equivalent parameter fromnatbib
.