# Save actions 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 &ersands` ⇒ `Text \& with \&ersands` ### HTML to LaTeX Converts HTML code to LaTeX code. ### Cleanup URL link 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 `$` * Replace multiple spaces with a single space ### Normalize date Normalizes the date to ISO date format. Format date string to yyyy-mm-dd or yyyy-mm. Keeps the existing String if it does not match one of the following formats: * "M/y" (covers 9/15, 9/2015, and 09/2015) * "MMMM (dd), yyyy" (covers September 1, 2015 and September, 2015) * "yyyy-MM-dd" (covers 2009-1-15) * "d.M.uuuu" (covers 15.1.2015) ### Normalize month Normalize month to Bib(la)TeX standard abbreviation. ### Normalize names of persons Normalizes lists of persons to the Bib(la)TeX standard. This separates authors by "and"s with first names after last name separated by a comma; first names are not abbreviated. * "John Smith" ⇒ "Smith, John" * "John Smith and Black Brown, Peter" ⇒ "Smith, John and Black Brown, Peter" * "John von Neumann and John Smith and Black Brown, Peter" ⇒ "von Neumann, John and Smith, John and Black Brown, Peter". ### Normalize page numbers Normalize pages to Bib(la)TeX standard. Format page numbers, separated either by commas or double-hyphens. Converts the range number format to page\_number--page\_number. Removes unwanted literals except for letters, numbers, and -+ signs. Keeps the existing String if the resulting field does not match the expected Regex. ``` 1-2 ⇒ 1--2 1,2,3 ⇒ 1,2,3 {1}-{2} ⇒ 1--2 43+ ⇒ 43+ Invalid ⇒ Invalid ``` ### Ordinals to LaTeX superscript Converts ordinals to LaTeX superscripts, e.g. 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Will replace ordinal numbers even if they are semantically wrong, e.g. 21rd * 1st Conf. Cloud Computing -> 1\textsuperscript{st} Conf. Cloud Computing ### Remove enclosing braces Removes braces encapsulating the complete field content. ### Shorten DOI Shortens DOI to more human-readable form using . ### Unicode to LaTeX Converts Unicode characters to LaTeX encoding. ### LaTeX to Unicode Converts LaTeX to Unicode characters if possible. * `$\acute{\omega}$` ⇒ `ώ` ### 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](https://docs.jabref.org/setup/citationkeypatterns) using their keys listed below. | Save action | Key | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | [Clear](#clear) | `clear` | | [Escape underscores](#escape-underscores) | `escapeUnderscores` | | [Escape ampersands](#escape-ampersands) | `escapeAmpersands` | | [HTML to LaTeX](#html-to-latex) | `html_to_latex` | | [Cleanup URL link](#cleanup-url-link) | `cleanup_url` | | [HTML to Unicode](#html-to-unicode) | `html_to_unicode` | | [LaTeX cleanup](#latex-cleanup) | `latex_cleanup` | | [Normalize date](#normalize-date) | `normalize_date` | | [Normalize month](#normalize-month) | `normalize_month` | | [Normalize names of persons](#normalize-names-of-persons) | `normalize_names` | | [Normalize page numbers](#normalize-page-numbers) | `normalize_page_numbers` | | [Ordinals to LaTeX superscript](#ordinals-to-latex-superscript) | `ordinals_to_superscript` | | [Remove enclosing braces](#remove-enclosing-braces) | `remove_braces` | | [Shorten DOI](#shorten-doi) | `short_doi` | | [Unicode to LaTeX](#unicode-to-latex) | `unicode_to_latex` | | [Latex to Unicode](#latex-to-unicode) | `latex_to_unicode` | | [Units to LaTeX](#units-to-latex) | `units_to_latex` | | [Unprotect terms](#unprotect-terms) | `unprotect_terms` | | [Capitalize](#capitalize) | `capitalize` | | [Lower case](#lower-case) | `lower_case` | | [Sentence case](#sentence-case) | `sentence_case` | | [Title case](#title-case) | `title_case` | | [Upper case](#upper-case) | `upper_case` | | [Minify list of person names](#minify-list-of-person-names) | `minify_name_list` |