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7 <h1>Journal abbreviations</h1>
9 <p>This feature can be configured
10 under <b>Options -> Manage journal abbreviations</b>.</p>
12 <p>JabRef can automatically toggle journal names between
13 abbreviated and unabbreviated form, as long as the names are
14 contained in one of your journal lists. JabRef includes a fairly
15 extensive list of journal abbreviations, but it it still likely
16 to be incomplete for the purposes of many users. You can add
17 abbreviations from any number of lists, all realized as external
18 text files on your hard disk.</p>
20 <h2>Using the feature</h2>
22 <p>Journal name conversion can be accessed either from within
23 the entry editor, or from the <b>Tools</b> menu. In the entry
24 editor you will find a button labelled <i>Toggle
25 abbreviation</i> by the <i>journal</i> field. Clicking this
26 button will cause the current journal name to be switched to
27 the next of three modes:</p>
30 <li>Full name, e.g. "Aquacultural Engineering"</li>
32 <li>ISO abbreviation, e.g. "Aquacult. Eng."</li>
34 <li>MEDLINE abbreviation, e.g. "Aquacult Eng"</li>
35 </ul>If the current journal name is not found in your journal
36 lists, the field will not be modified.
38 <p>To convert the journal names of many entries in bulk, you
39 can select any number of entries, and choose <b>Tools ->
40 Abbreviate journal names (ISO)</b>, <b>Tools -> Abbreviate
41 journal names (MEDLINE)</b> or <b>Tools -> Unabbreviate
42 journal names</b>. These three actions will abbreviate and
43 unabbreviate the journal names of all selected entries for
44 which the journal name could be found in your journal
47 <h2>Setting up your journal lists</h2>
49 <p>In addition to the list included in JabRef by default, you can
50 have several lists in the form of external text files linked from JabRef.
51 The primary list can be edited from within JabRef.</p>
53 <h3>Your personal journal abbreviations list</h3>
56 journal list is managed in the upper part of the <b>Manage
57 journal abbreviations</b> window. To start building your
58 personal journal abbreviations list, choose <i>New file</i>,
59 and enter a filename manually or using the <i>Browse</i>
60 button. If you already have a file that you want to use as a
61 starting point, choose <i>Existing file</i>, and use the
62 <i>Browse</i> button to choose the file. The table will update
63 to show the contents of the list you have selected.</p>
65 <p>The table and the tool buttons to the right allow you to
66 add, remove and edit journal entries. For each entry you must
67 provide the full journal name, and the ISO abbreviation (e.g.
68 "Aquacultural Engineering" and "Aquacult. Eng."). To edit an
69 entry, double-click its row in the table.</p>
71 <p>Once you click <i>OK</i>, if you have selected a file, and
72 the table contains at least one entry, the table contents will
73 be stored to the selected file, and JabRef's list of journals
76 <h3>External journal lists</h3>
78 <p>In addition to your personal
79 list, you can link to a number of external lists. These links
80 can be set up in the lower part of the <b>Manage journal
81 abbreviations</b> window. External lists are similar to the
82 personal list - the only difference is that JabRef doesn't
83 provide an interface for editing the external lists.</p>
85 <p>To add a new external list, if necessary, click the <b>+</b>
86 button to add another slot to the interface. Then use either
87 the <i>Browse</i> or <i>Download</i> button next to one of the
88 slots in the lower part of the window.</p>
91 <li>The <i>Browse</i> button allows you to select an
92 existing file on your computer.</li>
94 <li>The <i>Download</i> button allows you to download a
95 list over the internet by entering and URL, store it to a
96 local file on your computer, and link to it as a journal
97 list from JabRef. The URL will default to the address of a
98 journal list provided from the JabRef web page. This list
99 is incomplete, but may be improved in the future.</li>
100 </ul>Any entry in your personal journal list will override an
101 entry with the same full journal name in one of the external
102 lists. Similarly, the external lists are given precedence in
103 the order they are listed.