# Change default citation style in JabRef Word-AddIn

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/change-default-citation-style-in-jabref-word-addin/3187>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/change-default-citation-style-in-jabref-word-addin/3187 "2022-02-03T14:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![LesPaul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/lespaul/32/1250_2.png) [@LesPaul](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/LesPaul)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/change-default-citation-style-in-jabref-word-addin/3187/1 "2022-02-03T14:26:33Z")

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Dear all,

searching the forum and FAQ yielded no suitable results - I apologize if I just missed it.

I am using JabRef as word AddIn and set up my personal citation style.  
The default citation style JabRef offers is ‘plain’. In every word document, I change the citation style to my personal citation style (including all the style flags).

Is there a way to change the default ‘plain’ to the citation style of my choice, so I dont have to do it seperately for each and every document?

If anything is unclear, feel free to ask.  
Thank you very much in advance.  
Best regards

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/change-default-citation-style-in-jabref-word-addin/3187/2 "2022-02-11T02:22:59Z")

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I don’t use the MS Word Addin, so i can’t verify what you say, but this seems like an annoying issue. I would raise it [here](https://github.com/JabRef/JabRef-Word-Addin/issues) at Github.

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**Author:** ![LesPaul](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/lespaul/32/1250_2.png) [@LesPaul](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/LesPaul)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/change-default-citation-style-in-jabref-word-addin/3187/3 "2022-02-11T15:22:00Z")

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Hey there,

thank you for your reply. Well, I hope I don’t just miss the forest for the trees (or wait, maybe I do - because that would imply an easy fix), but yes, it is not exactly an efficient workflow.  
I will ask over at Github, thanks for the tip!

Have a nice weekend and take care

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/change-default-citation-style-in-jabref-word-addin/3187/4 "2022-02-11T16:45:24Z")

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Thanks, you too. Sorry i could not be of any more help