# Add "hyphenation = {german}" to each/some entries

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493 "2017-03-03T19:09:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/1 "2017-03-03T19:09:12Z")

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Is there an easy way to add this line

`hyphenation = {german}`

to some or each of the database entries?

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/2 "2017-03-04T17:35:22Z")

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Hi,

simply go to the BibTex Source tab in the Entryeditor and insert it. A new field (in other tab) showing the value is then automatically generated when you re-open the entry editor.

Regards  
Christoph

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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/3 "2017-03-04T21:45:39Z")

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That is not what I meant.

I don’t want to do this manully by myself. 😉

JabRef should do this per default for all new entries.  
And I want to do that for an amount of specific entries.

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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/4 "2017-03-04T23:48:13Z")

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In my opinion this is a feature with a very narrow usage pattern. As a work-around you can write your own export filter and add this field in the export (and then take the exported bib file as your new main).

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**Author:** ![stefan-kolb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/stefan-kolb/32/4_2.png) [@stefan-kolb](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/stefan-kolb)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/5 "2017-03-07T21:24:32Z")

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Hi,

`Quality - Set/clear/rename fields...` is your friend. You should be able to set the fieldname and value there for all selected or all entries. You can also select and right click entries and there should be the same option inside the context menu.

Cheers, Stefan

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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/6 "2017-04-07T16:06:04Z")

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Isn’t there a way to append a value to a field?

e.g. I want to add a new keyword to multiple entries without losing the existing keywords.

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**Author:** ![tobiasdiez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/tobiasdiez/32/340_2.png) [@tobiasdiez](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/tobiasdiez)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/7 "2017-04-07T16:45:29Z")

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Create a keyword-based group containing the expression you want to add and drag the entries onto this new group.

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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/add-hyphenation-german-to-each-some-entries/493/8 "2017-04-07T20:47:49Z")

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> <https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2721>
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> The dialog in Quality -\> Set/clear/rename fields has no way to append a value to a field.
> e.g. I want to add...