--- /dev/null
+commit dd4676b6cc75f0ce38cf44843ab7abea89249fb1
+Author: Leonardo Haddad <leeohaddad@usp.br>
+Date: Tue Oct 28 01:46:39 2014 -0200
+
+ Fixed bug #1240. Now, strings with length of one character can be included and no exception is thrown by the system.
+
+--- a/src/help/About.html
++++ b/src/help/About.html
+@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
+ David Weitzman,
+ Seb Wills,
+ John Zedlewski,
+- Waluyo Adi Siswanto</p>
++ Waluyo Adi Siswanto,
++ Leonardo Haddad Carlos</p>
+
+ <h2>Thanks to:</h2>
+
+--- a/src/java/net/sf/jabref/BibtexString.java
++++ b/src/java/net/sf/jabref/BibtexString.java
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-/* Copyright (C) 2003-2011 JabRef contributors.
++/* Copyright (C) 2003-2014 JabRef contributors.
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
+ }
+
+ public static final Type get(String name) {
+- if (name.length() == 0) {
++ if (name.length() <= 1) {
+ return OTHER;
+ }
+ if (!(name.charAt(1) + "").toUpperCase().equals(