# Information about .jstyle style files

**URL:** https://discourse.jabref.org/t/information-about-jstyle-style-files/1216
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [June 22, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/information-about-jstyle-style-files/1216 "2018-06-22T11:05:45Z")
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### Author: ![pmlpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@pmlpm](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/pmlpm)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/information-about-jstyle-style-files/1216/1 "2018-06-22T11:05:45Z")

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Hello,

I’m trying to find out more about .jstyle style files to create a new citation file (the one I’m after doesn’t yet exist) for integration with libreoffice. However, the help page ([https://help.jabref.org/en/OpenOfficeIntegration](https://help.jabref.org/en/OpenOfficeIntegration)) doesn’t say much about which language is used and which options are available to us. I’ve managed to adjust a few fields but can’t seem to do the same to others others. For instance, I can’t switch between the “and” and “&” for the last author’s name even though apparently all I have to do is change the field AuthorLastSeparator from “&” to “and”. Apparently, there are also two ways to edit the authors’ names (\format[AuthorLastFirst,AuthorAbbreviator,AuthorAndsReplacer] and \format[Authors(LastFirst,Initials,Amp,7]) but I can’t seem to find any concrete information about them.

Can you anyone help me understand how to code these files or point me to the resources that will?

Regards,  
Pedro

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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: [June 26, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/information-about-jstyle-style-files/1216/2 "2018-06-26T15:55:56Z")

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I think the same options as described here [http://help.jabref.org/en/CustomExports](http://help.jabref.org/en/CustomExports) also apply for the open office export.

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### Author: ![pmlpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@pmlpm](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/pmlpm)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/information-about-jstyle-style-files/1216/3 "2018-06-26T17:10:48Z")

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I think that does it. Thanks.