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Tidy up automatically your library each time you save it.
Field formats can be tidied up when saving the library. That ensures your entries to have consistent formatting. In Library → Library properties, check Enable save actions. You can now select the actions to be carried out using the 2 drop-down menus located under the table. Each action is defined by:
  • an entry field (upon which the action will be applied).
  • the type of action to be carried out (such as HTML to LaTeX, which converts HTML code to LaTeX code, as described in the window).
A click on the "circular arrow" icon enables a set of recommended formatting actions (the set of actions will depend on your library type: BibTeX or BibLaTeX).​

List of formatting actions

Clear

Clears the field completely.

Escape underscores

Escape underscores

Escape ampersands

Escapes ampersands.
  • Text & with &ampersands ⇒ Text \& with \&ampersands

HTML to LaTeX

Converts HTML code to LaTeX code.
Cleanup URL links.
  • http%3A%2F%2Fwikipedia.org ⇒ http://wikipedia.org

HTML to Unicode

Converts HTML code to Unicode.

LaTeX cleanup

Cleans up LaTeX code:
  • Escape percent character (e.g.50% ⇒ 50\%)
  • Remove redundant $, {, and } (but not if the } is part of a command argument​)
  • Move numbers, +, -, /, and brackets into equations
  • Move numbers followed by a space left of $ inside the equation (e.g. 0.35 $\mu$m)
  • Replace all @@ with $
  • Replace multiple spaces with a single space

Normalize date

Normalizes the date to ISO date format. Format date string to yyyy-mm-dd or yyyy-mm. Keeps the existing String if it does not match one of the following formats:
  • "M/y" (covers 9/15, 9/2015, and 09/2015)
  • "MMMM (dd), yyyy" (covers September 1, 2015 and September, 2015)
  • "yyyy-MM-dd" (covers 2009-1-15)
  • "d.M.uuuu" (covers 15.1.2015)

Normalize month

Normalize month to Bib(la)TeX standard abbreviation.

Normalize names of persons

Normalizes lists of persons to the Bib(la)TeX standard. This separates authors by "and"s with first names after last name separated by a comma; first names are not abbreviated.
  • "John Smith" ⇒ "Smith, John"
  • "John Smith and Black Brown, Peter" ⇒ "Smith, John and Black Brown, Peter"
  • "John von Neumann and John Smith and Black Brown, Peter" ⇒ "von Neumann, John and Smith, John and Black Brown, Peter".

Normalize page numbers

Normalize pages to Bib(la)TeX standard. Format page numbers, separated either by commas or double-hyphens. Converts the range number format to page_number--page_number. Removes unwanted literals except for letters, numbers, and -+ signs. Keeps the existing String if the resulting field does not match the expected Regex.
1
1-2 ⇒ 1--2
2
1,2,3 ⇒ 1,2,3
3
{1}-{2} ⇒ 1--2
4
43+ ⇒ 43+
5
Invalid ⇒ Invalid
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Ordinals to LaTeX superscript

Converts ordinals to LaTeX superscripts, e.g. 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Will replace ordinal numbers even if they are semantically wrong, e.g. 21rd
  • 1st Conf. Cloud Computing -> 1\textsuperscript{st} Conf. Cloud Computing

Remove enclosing braces

Removes braces encapsulating the complete field content.

Shorten DOI

Shortens DOI to more human-readable form using http://shortdoi.org.

Unicode to LaTeX

Converts Unicode characters to LaTeX encoding.

LaTeX to Unicode

Converts LaTeX to Unicode characters if possible.
  • $\acute{\omega}$ ⇒ ÏŽ

Units to LaTeX

Converts units to LaTeX formatting. This includes:
  • Add braces around the unit to keep case.
  • Replace hyphen with non-break hyphen
  • Replace space with a hard space

Unprotect terms

Remove protective braces from words.
  • {In} {CDMA} ⇒ In CDMA

Capitalize

Changes the first letter of all words to capital case and the remaining letters to lower case.

Lower case

Changes all letters to lower case.

Sentence case

Capitalize the first word, changes other words to lower case.

Title case

Capitalize all words, but converts articles, prepositions, and conjunctions to lower case.

Upper case

Changes all letters to upper case.

Minify list of person names

Shortens lists of persons if there are more than 2 persons to "et al.".

Save actions as modifiers

The field formatters listed above can also be used as modifiers in citation key patterns using their keys listed below.
Save action
Key
​Clear​
clear
​Escape underscores​
escapeUnderscores
​Escape ampersands​
escapeAmpersands
​HTML to LaTeX​
html_to_latex
​Cleanup URL link​
cleanup_url
​HTML to Unicode​
html_to_unicode
​LaTeX cleanup​
latex_cleanup
​Normalize date​
normalize_date
​Normalize month​
normalize_month
normalize_names
​Normalize page numbers​
normalize_page_numbers
ordinals_to_superscript
​Remove enclosing braces​
remove_braces
​Shorten DOI​
short_doi
​Unicode to LaTeX​
unicode_to_latex
​Latex to Unicode​
latex_to_unicode
​Units to LaTeX​
units_to_latex
​Unprotect terms​
unprotect_terms
​Capitalize​
capitalize
​Lower case​
lower_case
​Sentence case​
sentence_case
​Title case​
title_case
​Upper case​
upper_case
minify_name_list
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List of formatting actions
Clear
Escape underscores
Escape ampersands
HTML to LaTeX
Cleanup URL link
HTML to Unicode
LaTeX cleanup
Normalize date
Normalize month
Normalize names of persons
Normalize page numbers
Ordinals to LaTeX superscript
Remove enclosing braces
Shorten DOI
Unicode to LaTeX
LaTeX to Unicode
Units to LaTeX
Unprotect terms
Capitalize
Lower case
Sentence case
Title case
Upper case
Minify list of person names
Save actions as modifiers