> The basic format for including page numbers is
>
> \textcite[<text>]{<citation>}
>
> for example
>
> \textcite[9--11]{Feldherr:1998ts}
>
> For the colon, try
>
> \renewcommand*{\postnotedelim}{\addcolon\space}
>
> in your preamble.
thanks Joseph for all your suggestions, I will try them out.
Regards
scot