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Originally Posted by Bytes
I'm aware it's a mess, it's just how the data came when I got it. I intend to work through it but at 15,000+ books I'd like a temporary fix. How do I set it to be Fn Mi Ln?
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Sort and Entry are 2 different things.
IIRC The default entry is Fn Mi Ln with the Sort being Ln, Fn Mi
Preferences: Tweaks is how you override the default (Entry still has to be correct for the rule you choose)
There are N tweaks you should read their description before you proceed further:
ID: author_sort_copy_method
ID: per_language_title_sort_articles
ID: title_series_sorting
and maybe:
ID: categories_use_field_for_author_name
For the 'Mess' part:
You need to get up to speed FAST on the Bulk Metadata editor feature
With this available, you will select a group of books that share a
identical entry problem:
You will then use the tool to pattern match and place the matched data item into the proper field. The last step is to clear all the moved data that remains . This will take time to learn, but then you will clean up big chunks at a time.