I have recently:
1) saved a paper : paper.pdf, in a Mendeley watched folder on machine 1
2) Mendeley added it to the library : perfect
3) annotated the paper in an external program (pdf annotator)
4) saved it. closed it. pressed sync on mendeley on machine 1
5) opened mendeley on machine 2, pressed sync. Mendeley downloaded my paper into User/AppData/Local/Mendeley LTD/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded
(what the heck... also where can I change the default download directory? I don't want to change the "copy everything to here" directory because I don't want copies. I just want to control where Mendeley saves things)
6) Opened pdf on machine 2 in pdf annotator. Annotated pdf.
7) pressed sync on mendeley.
8) Opened up machine 1. Pressed sync on mendeley.
9) No changes.....................................
Upon inspection, on machine 1 this file is "paper.pdf" and on machine 2 it is "author - year - title.pdf" (guessing Mendeley did that from the collected metadata. So no wonder, it probably thinks it should deal with it as 2 different files. What the heck!??!?! Why isn't there just a "sync folder" a-la Dropbox/SkyDrive/every-other-cloud-storage-service-ever that retains metadata/filenames from machine to machine. This is ridiculous/confusing. Really don't understand what the point of your online cloud storage is at all if it can't do this basic task. I don't want 100000 copies of the same paper all with different little annotations scattered across my workstations. In fact I think I can safely say that no one does. Fix?
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Actual Competent Synchronization Between Computers
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font size
Maybe it has changed and I cannot find how but the font size cannot be increased and it is a real problem. Could something be done ?
Many thanks
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font size
Maybe it has changed and I cannot find it but the font size cannot be increased and it is a real problem. Could something be done ?
Many thanks
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Why doesn't "Add Entry Manually" make a citation that can be inserted?
Every single Mendeley entry that I have typed in manually fails to appear in the search box when I attempt to insert it as a citation. I do not have this problem with entries that I have pulled from the web. I have checked over the entries, rebooted, etc. I am using Window 7 with Word 2007.
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drag and drop
When I try to drag and drop a pdf file to Mendeley nothing happens. If I try to drag from dropbox I get a signal that it is a forbidden action (not a screen, just a sign that disappears when I release the mouse). If I try to drag from desktop nothing at all happens.
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bibliography
Hello, Can I make a Bibliography of all of my document in Mendeley?
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Unable to insert citation
Dear support,
I have been trying to insert citation with no unfortunately no success.
I have installed and uninstalled the mendeley desktop app and word plugin which didn't help.
My mendeley desktop app is up and running and the word plugin is visible.
Attaching relevant information and screen shots.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6u25vrfctthtcwq/AABPNL0xRmEaxFmIVI4J9CiNa
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tal
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Mendeley crashes after backup recovery
I am using Mendeley Desktop on linux, and more specifically on Ubuntu 14.04.
My PC broke and I had to reinstall the system on a new PC. I had a backup, so I copied also also the files in .local/
I cleaned the cache, just in case, and I reinstalled mendeley desktop.
Now, when I launch it I get the following error
Error in finalize query "database disk image is malformed" : "DELETE FROM DocumentFoldersBase WHERE documentId IN (SELECT DISTINCT documentId FROM DocumentFoldersBase LEFT OUTER JOIN Documents ON documentId = Documents.id WHERE Documents.id IS NULL)"
Error in prepare query "no such column: note" : "UPDATE Documents SET note = :note WHERE id = :id"
Error in prepare query "no such column: note" : "SELECT id, note FROM Documents"
Error in prepare query "out of memory" : "SELECT key,value FROM Settings"
Error in execute query "query not prepared"
I need to recover the data base since several files are only local, not backupped on the web. Is there any way to fix this?
I tried Recover but it does not work at all.
Thank you
Luca Formaggia
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citation style: et al. does not work in created style
Hi,
I adapted a citation style for The Annals of New York Sciences.
There should be an italic et al. after the third author.
I set et-al-use-first to 3 and et-al-use-last to false.
Nevertheless it is using the first 3 authors than ... and the last afterwards instead of first 3 than et al. in italic.
When using the created style within word (plugin), it is even showing all authors.
How can I fix it?
Best,
Rebecca
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storage locations for folders and pdf files
I am trying to find out the basic storage strategy that Mendeley desktop uses:
- where is the Folder stored? I typically use the same name for a folder many times (e.g. "report") but each folder is in a different subdirectory so there is never confusion. Can Mendeley do this?
- where are the pdf files associated with that Folder stored? Is it better to have one directory for all pdf files used in all Folders?
Thanks,
Greg
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Problems with Desktop
Hello,
My problem is that I cannot open my mendeley desktop in my computer. I can open it from other computers, but when I try to log-in to the desktop it pops a message that says: An error ocurred when contacting Mendeley. Details: Proxy connection refused. Check your connection settings.
I have already checked my connection and it's fine. What could be going on?
Thank you
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Organization for systematic review
Hello, thank you in advance for helping me with my questions! All questions refer to Mendeley.com and Mendeley desktop, so if your answer refers to one of them, that's fine.
1) Is there a way to see the number of articles in a folder? I do not see any numbering options
2) If my refs in Zotero are in subfolders, will the import of refs from Zotero to Mendeley stay in the original subfolders?
3) If I made notes to the references, is it possible to search through the references for my notes?
4) How do I locate where my Zotero refs are so that I can import them into Mendeley?
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An unknown error has occurred, Mendeley has been notified. (EID: merr-539f30021bfc1)
Hello!
I have obtained this message and this code attached:
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?
m:error xmlns:m="http://www.mendeley.com/api" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mendeley.com/api/xml?av=1.5"
m:type SERVERERROR /m:type
m:message An unknown error has occurred, Mendeley has been notified. (EID: merr-539f30021bfc1)/m:message
/m:error
HTTP Status: 500
Network Error Message: 'Error downloading https://www.mendeley.com:443/api/annotations/change.xml?methodTag=create&av=1.0&id=MendeleyDesktop&cv=1.11&l=es-ES&ins=32e5bd29-16a1-4c5e-9a11-9b6e385cdec4&osv=Windows-6.2 - server replied: Server Error'
Please, would you be able to give me any feedback?
I have checked in the forum but I could not find an error with the same EID: merr number
Thanks and regards,
Isabel Alcaraz
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Error 75
Hi I´m trying to insert a citation, but i always get the error 75. That happens with any citation.
Thanks.
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How to install QtWebKit and QtSvg for Ubuntu 14.04?
"you may need to install the QtWebKit and QtSvg packages provided by your Linux distribution."
I am using 14.04 with XFCE...
May I ask how to install these two packages?
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Why does mendeley not save documents in the assigned folders?
I am referencing a large report and I need to reference according to chapters. I have created folders with the appropriate documents and references in them. I keep loosing this organisation. I cant seem to save the documents in the correct folders. Does anyone know why this is happening?
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an unknown error has occurred, Mendeley has been notified. (EID: merr-53a02242a99bd)
I recieved this message.
an unknown error has occurred, Mendeley has been notified. (EID: merr-53a02242a99bd)
I don't know, what I did wrong.
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Folders
I created a folder in my Mendeley Desktop,I synced ,now the folder appears in my Mendeley web but no longer exist in my Mendeley Desktop.What do I do?
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CSL error
Hi I'm using Mendeleydesktop 1.11 in Red Hat Linux with open office. When I tryied to insert a citation and also when I look at my library in mendeleydesktop showed as citation I see the following message:
Error: JavaScript error found: CSL error: Exception: TypeError: Result of expression 'strs[pos]' [undefined] is not an object., 606, file:///export/labhome1/arayasecchi.1/bin/mendeleydesktop-1.11-linux-x86_64/share/mendeleydesktop/citeproc-js/citeproc.js
I have been reading about this error but so far I have not found any answer.
Both the document I'm writing and mi locale setting are in US English.
Thanks.
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Importing articles to Mendeley
Hi,
I am trying to import articles to Mendeley using the "Save to Mendeley" bookmark button that I downloaded from the web. My problem is, when I try to save articles, it will only save part of my search. For example, I try to save 10 articles, and only five of them will be saved to the Mendeley Library.
Another problem that I am having is that sometimes when I try to import articles, only the title shows up in Mendeley and not the author/journal/ etc....
Can you provide me with any solutions to these problems?
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