You might find this useful

If say the name David is in cell C11, then type in D11 =CHAR(CODE(C11)) will return the "D" the 1st Character

regards

John B

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On 12/07/2011 09:48, Dietrich Bollmann wrote:
Hi,

for a paper I have to only render the Initials of the first name in the
list of references:

   At the place of:  Anderson, David
   I have to use:    Anderson, D.

Any idea how to do that with the bibliography tools of libre office?

Thanks, Dietrich





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