In Word, put the cursor where you would like a citation to appear.Check by visiting "Tools > Install Word Plugin". Mendeley should install and update the Word plugin by default.Note: for each of these methods, the data Mendeley can scrape from a PDF depends on how clean the source data is - garbage in, garbage out! Write a Paper (in Word)ĭepending on your version of Mendeley, the Word toolbar might appear under either "References" or "Add-ins". Use the Mendeley Web Importer, available for many modern browsers.Note: if you have a PubMed ID or digital object identifier (DOI), you can normally use the magnifying glass tool to auto-populate the fields. Click the drop-down arrow beside the "Add" icon or go to "File > Add Entry Manually" to bring up the dialog box to import a file manually.Mendeley will extract citation information for that file. Drag and drop a PDF file or folder of PDFs into the desktop application.Note: We do not recommend Watching your Downloads folder, as Mendeley will attempt to import anything it finds there. You can set Mendeley up to see whenever you download a new PDF to a folder. In "Preferences" or "Options" go to the "Watched Folders" tab.If you encounter any problems with the above steps, please contact us at and we'll try to get you back up and running as soon as possible. What to do if you're still having problems Click the 'Open Data Folder' button to open Mendeley's data folder in your file browser.Re-sync everything from your online account. Option B: Delete your local data and let Mendeley Desktop re-sync everything from your online account.Īn alternative is to close Mendeley Desktop, delete your local database, install Mendeley Desktop 1.12 and let it Start Mendeley Desktop 1.12 and sign in.Download and install the latest MD 1.12 release.sqlite files from the "archive" directory to the parent Go to the 'archive' folder inside the folder that opens.Click 'Open Data Folder' to open Mendeley's data folder in your file browser.Press Ctrl+Shift+D (Cmd+Shift+D on Mac) in Mendeley Desktop to open the debug console.If you cannot start Mendeley Desktop 1.13 at all, see this support article instead of steps 1-2 below for details on where to find your Mendeley Desktop data folder If you want to go back to the stable version, you can recover it as follows: Mendeley Desktop archives your previous local database during the Option A: Use the archived copy of your database that is saved on upgrade to Mendeley Desktop 1.13 This is usually the quickest option as it will remember the locations of files that were already synced to your local system. The first approach is to use an archived copy of your database that is created when you first install Mendeley Desktop 1.13. If you do need to go back to Mendeley Desktop 1.12, there are two options. This will help us to investigate and fix issues as quickly as possible. Please include the exact text of any messages if possible.
If you encounter problems with 1.13, please contact us at and send us details of any error messages you receive. Before you go back to Mendeley Desktop 1.12 In particular do not use the ' Restore Backup' feature for this.
If you encounter problems with the preview release and need to go back to 1.12 whilst we fix Since this is a major update, it is unfortunately not backwards compatible with Mendeley Desktop 1.12.
Switching from Mendeley Desktop 1.13 to an earlier version