> 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