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<h1>The entry editor</h1>
<p><em>Opened from main window by
double-clicking anywhere on the line of the entry, or selecting
the entry and pressing ENTER. The panel is closed by pressing
ESC.</em></p>
<p>In this panel you can specify all relevant information on a
single entry. The entry editor checks the type of your entry,
and lists all the fields that are required, and the ones that
are optional, for referring the entry with <em>bibtex</em>. In
addition, there are several fields termed <em>General
fields</em>, that are common to all entry types.</p>
<p>You can fully customize which fields should be regarded as
required and optional for each type of entry, and which fields
appear in the General fields tabs. See
<a href="CustomEntriesHelp.html">Customizing entry types</a>
for more information about this.</p>
<p>For information about how the fields should be filled out,
see <a href="BibtexHelp.html">Bibtex help</a>.</p>
<h2>The entry editor's panels</h2>
<p>The entry editor contains six
panels: <em>Required fields</em>, <em>Optional fields</em>,
<em>General</em>, <em>Abstract</em>, <em>Review</em> and
<em>BibTeX source</em>, where <em>General</em>,
<em>Abstract</em> and <em>Review</em> can be customized (see
<a href="GeneralFields.html">Customizing general fields</a> for
details). Inside the three first panels, TAB and SHIFT-TAB are
used to switch focus between the text fields.</p>
<p>Switch panels by clicking on the tabs, or navigate to the
panel to the left or right using the following key
combinations: CTRL-TAB or CTRL-PLUS switch to the tab to the
right, and CTRL-SHIFT-TAB or CTRL-MINUS switch to the tab to
the left. You can also switch to the next or previous entry by
pressing CTRL-SHIFT-DOWN or CTRL-SHIFT-UP, respectively, or by
clicking the appropriate toolbar button.</p>
<p>The <em>bibtex source</em> panel shows how the entry will
appear when the database is saved in <em>bibtex</em> format. If
you wish, you can edit the <em>bibtex</em> source directly in
this panel. When you move to a different panel, press CTRL-S or
close the entry editor, JabRef will try to parse the contents
of the source panel. If there are problems, you will be
notified, and given the option to edit your entry further, or
to revert to the former contents. If <strong>Show source by
default</strong> is checked in the <strong>General
options</strong> tab of the <strong>Preferences</strong>
dialog, the source panel will be the one shown each time you
open the entry editor. If you prefer editing the source rather
than using the other four panels, you should check this
option.</p>
<p><strong>Tip:</strong> If your database contains fields
unknown to JabRef, these will be visible in the source
panel.</p>
<h2>Field consistency checking</h2>
<p>When the contents of a field
is changed, JabRef checks if the new contents are acceptable.
For field types that are used by <em>bibtex</em>, the contents
are checked with respect to the use of the '#' character. The
hash symbol is <em>only</em> to be used in pairs (except in escaped
form, '\#'), wrapping the
name of a <em>bibtex</em> string that is referenced. Note that
JabRef does not check if the referenced string actually exists
(this is not trivial, since the <em>bibtex</em> style you use
can define an arbitrary set of strings unknown to JabRef).</p>
<p>If the contents are not accepted, the field will turn red,
indicating an error. In this case the change will not be
stored.</p>
<!--<h2>Word/name autocompletion</h2>
<p>The entry editor offers autocompletion of words. In the Preferences dialog
you can enable or disable autocompletion, and choose for which fields
autocompletion is active.</p>
<p>With autocompletion, JabRef records all words that appear in
each of the chosen fields throughout your database. Whenever you write
the beginning of one of these words, it will be suggested visually. To
ignore the suggestion, simply write on. To accept the suggestion,
either press <em>ENTER</em> or use your arrow keys or other keys to
remove the selection box around the suggested characters.</p>
<p><em>Note:</em> the words considered for suggestion are only the ones
appearing in the same field in entries of the same database as the one you
are editing. There are many ways to realise this kind of feature, and if you feel
it should have been implemented differently, we'd like to hear your suggestions!</p>
<h2>Copy <em>bibtex</em> key</h2>
<p>Pressing CTRL-K or the 'key' button causes the <em>bibtex</em> key for your entry
to be copied to the clipboard.</p>
-->
<h2>Autogenerate <em>bibtex</em> key</h2>
<p>Press CTRL-G or the
'gen key' button (the magic wand) to autogenerate a
<em>bibtex</em> key for your entry based on the contents of its
required fields.</p>
<p>For more information on how JabRef generates <em>bibtex</em>
keys, see <a href="LabelPatterns.html">Customizing the BibTex
key generator</a>.</p>
<h2>Word/name autocompletion</h2>
<p>JabRef offers autocompletion of words and names. Autocompletion can be
set up in <b>Options -> Preferences -> Entry editor</b>, and is by default
activated for several of the common fields.</p>
<p>When editing a field for which autocompletion is activated, JabRef will
try to suggest word completions as you write, based on which words are used
for that specific field elsewhere in your database. The suggestion appears
as a highlighted block of text completing the word. If there are several
possible completions, you can use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to cycle
through the possible suggestions. To accept a suggestion, press ENTER once.
To ignore the suggestion, just keep typing.</p>
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