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Convert author "[name], [first name]" to "[first name] [name]" #8744

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@claell

Is your suggestion for improvement related to a problem? Please describe.
When importing information, either automatically when dragging a PDF in the window or from applications like Citavi, the name scheme for the author field is often "[name], [first name]", not "[first name] [name]". This results in additional effort after DOI information retrieval and in making the library consistent.

Describe the solution you'd like
Some way to deal with this. Possibly an action to automatically covert this in the cleanup menu, or some intelligent mechanism to detect this and suggest a solution.

Additional context
I think, Citavi has a setting for this. Not sure, how this is done normally, but JabRef always seems to expect "[first name] [name]".

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