# Why its appears like \[1,2,3\] not like \[1-3\]

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**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026 "2021-11-03T16:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebrahim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@ebrahim](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ebrahim)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/1 "2021-11-03T16:39:42Z")

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How can I make my references by JabRef to come in [1-3] instead of [1,2,3]

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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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/2 "2021-11-04T14:26:27Z")

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could you post a screenshot?  
Are you talking about the way your bibliography is portrayed in Latex? Are you talking about page numbers or something?

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**Author:** ![ebrahim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@ebrahim](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ebrahim)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/3 "2021-11-04T15:20:43Z")

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why this apears like [1,2,3] Ineed it to be[1-3]

 ![Capture111.PNG](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/4/43bb56abde3ab2571993ec822d46ba0eabcdf6c1.png)

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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:** [November 4, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/4 "2021-11-04T15:40:40Z")

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What you see is the Reference within the text. The reference within the text is based on the citation-style you have chosen to use.

Which text-editor are you using? Is this Libreoffice, OpenOffice, is it Microsoft Word or is it Latex?

Depending on the answer, a limited amount of default jstyles are currently offered to you (see here: [https://jstyles.jabref.org/](https://jstyles.jabref.org/)) You might have to use a different style or adapt your style via the Export-Filter Editor for Jabref ([GitHub - teertinker/Export-Filter-Editor](https://github.com/teertinker/Export-Filter-Editor)). If you are operating within a latex environment, you might wanna check out the Biblatex documentation page 74 ([https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf](https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/biblatex/doc/biblatex.pdf))

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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:** [November 4, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/5 "2021-11-04T15:51:14Z")

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Additionally, with latex, if you insist on using your current style instead of using another style, the cite package might be able to modify it: [https://texdoc.org/serve/cite.pdf/0](https://texdoc.org/serve/cite.pdf/0)

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**Author:** ![ebrahim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@ebrahim](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ebrahim)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/6 "2021-11-05T12:22:45Z")

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I am using Microsoft Word

Pleaz ineed to solve my problem

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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:** [November 5, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/7 "2021-11-05T13:30:00Z")

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In word you can change the bibliography-style and hence the style of the in-text citation here:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/6/63d0d812c2a5b9940283177f69b016b9ee976139.png)

Try some of the other styles. Maybe one of them uses [1-3] rather than [1, 2, 3]. If you don’t like them, there is a guide about how to change the styles here: [Create Custom Bibliography Styles | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/word/concepts/objects-properties-methods/create-custom-bibliography-styles)

What i find of interest, but is not related to your problem, is which modus operandi you use to export the jabref citations to Microsoft Word? I myself mostly use Latex, but whenever i have to use Microsoft Word because i am required to do so, i rather use Citavi for managing my references and the style, because it is so complicated to do so with Jabref.

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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:** [November 5, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/8 "2021-11-05T13:36:26Z")

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Does somebody know if the Jabref Word Addin ([GitHub - JabRef/JabRef-Word-Addin](https://github.com/JabRef/JabRef-Word-Addin)) can change/manipulate the bibliographystyle? Does it use the jstyles, the CSL-styles from entry-preview or does it use the styles provided by Microsoft Word?

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**Author:** ![ebrahim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/977dab/32.png) [@ebrahim](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ebrahim)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/9 "2021-11-05T13:57:51Z")

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1. I tried all of the other styles. does not work with me

I am so sorry man because I got you busy

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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:** [November 5, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/10 "2021-11-05T18:28:11Z")

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@ThiloteE The JabRef Word Addin uses CSL. But it’s not yet ready to be used with JabRef. Slowly but steady working on it.

For the simple way: [Export to Microsoft Word - JabRef](https://docs.jabref.org/cite/export-to-microsoft-word)

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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:** [November 6, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/why-its-appears-like-1-2-3-not-like-1-3/3026/11 "2021-11-06T12:12:22Z")

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No Problem @ebrahim. Sorry i can’t help you more. Also thank you Christoph for the follow up.