Index: doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex
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--- doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex	(revision fb31cb899c2ed0144f33897963468ed96bf3edf3)
+++ doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex	(revision 295e5071b258274909bae65801c4fa3111bace95)
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 %% Created On       : Sat Apr  9 10:06:17 2016
 %% Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-%% Last Modified On : Mon Aug 28 20:18:42 2017
-%% Update Count     : 355
+%% Last Modified On : Wed Jan 31 23:10:28 2018
+%% Update Count     : 364
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@
         {\ETC\xspace}%
 }%
-\newcommand{\ETAL}{\abbrevFont{et\:al}}
-\newcommand{\etal}{%
-	\@ifnextchar{.}{\ETAL}%
-		{\abbrevFont{\ETAL}.\xspace}%
+\newcommand{\ETAL}{\abbrevFont{et}\hspace{2pt}\abbrevFont{al}}
+\newcommand*{\etal}{%
+	\@ifnextchar{.}{\protect\ETAL}%
+		{\abbrevFont{\protect\ETAL}.\xspace}%
 }%
 \newcommand{\VIZ}{\abbrevFont{viz}}
-\newcommand{\viz}{%
+\newcommand*{\viz}{%
 	\@ifnextchar{.}{\VIZ}%
 		{\abbrevFont{\VIZ}.\xspace}%