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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 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
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.
$\acute{\omega}$ ⇒ 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 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 of persons​
normalize_names
​Normalize page numbers​
normalize_page_numbers
​Ordinals to LaTeX superscript​
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
Merge entries
Cite
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