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Hi there! I couldn't find this question anywhere; please excuse if it has been asked already! Is there a way I can allocate book sections to a book? Let's say I have a collective book (B) and quote...
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When I highlight one document in a merged set of PDFs (e.g., the article and its supplementary material), the same highlighting appears on all documents. How do I prevent that from happening? Note that...
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For some reason, Mendeley (in word 2010) is not recognising details of the articles I am trying to reference. I click on add citation, then write in the box the name of the author and although they are...
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Is it possible to use Mendeley for screening for systematic reviews and does someone has a process for this?
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I've seen others post about this, but it seems the issue is not resolved in the latest version (1.9.2) While using 'Search by Title' to auto-correct my meta-data, I came across one file that did not...
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I've been trying to sync Zotero with Mendeley in Chrome and it's not working. I looked at the sqlite location in Zotero preferences and it says...
View ArticleReferences not added to library
I added new references to the library at a library computer and also used these references in my word document. However, when I opened Mendeley Desktop at my home computer there seemed to not have been...
View ArticleMendeley works on a new document, but not on an existing document
Mendeley works on a new document, but not on an existing document. I'm working on my thesis and found that Mendeley does not work on this existing document, but does on other documents and new...
View Articleinstall plug in for Apple Word 2008
The MS Word 2008 Plugin does not work. I installed it with Mendeley Desktop. However, it does not appear when I click Apple Script Menu in Word.
View ArticleMendeley not working in Word
I noticed other people have issues with Mendeley today. I was working in my document for hours and I could insert citations without a problem. I've been working on it the past few weeks and it was...
View ArticleRisk of deleting files permanently?
Hi, I've just pointed Mendeley at my general drive for it to pick up all my pdfs that are spread across multiple folders. It has also picked up a lot of irrelevant pdfs, which I want to remove from...
View ArticlePoor layout under high-DPI in Windows
This may just be an issue with Windows 8.1 Preview. Under high-DPI scaling on my Surface Pro, Mendeley cuts off the last 1.5 digits of the publication year when viewing the library regardless of the...
View Articlenot a valid database backup
Hello, I wanted to merge the references of one of my groups with my library. By precaution, I backed up my database via Help, Create Backup. This created a .zip file. I merged the duplicates a bit too...
View Articlebibliography not refreshing
I have a Windows Word 2010 document with the most recent Mendeley version and plugin, and the bibliography is not refreshing when I update references in the desktop application. I tried deleting and...
View Articlemerging citations in the bibliography
Many helpful comments have been posted about merging citations inline (ie. 3-6), but what about merging multiple citations in the bibliography display. For example, if a sentence cites three different...
View ArticleColor scheme
Hello, Is it possible to change the color scheme of the desktop version? Right now it is hard to see to which groups papers are assigned to! Would be nice to have "stronger" color. Thanks! Sergey
View ArticleMendeley 1.9.2 no longer generates citation keys
Hi Recently Mendeley has stopped automatically generating citation keys. This seems to be the case for every new reference I import (generally journal article or conference proceedings document types)....
View ArticleOriginally inserted citations linked randomly to other papers
On insert in Word I get the question „Keep Citation Edit?“ for every citation in my document. 1. I did not manually edit these citations 2. The question is something along these lines: The citation...
View Articlebibtex export and umlaute (special characters)
I have problems using Umlaute (special characters) in the author name field in Mendeley Desktop when doing an export of the bibliography as bibtex format. In an entry for a book I have Jájá as author....
View ArticleCitation inserts in to a word table, but then disappears
Hi, I'm using mac word 2008, and am inserting a citation into a table, which seems to work, but then the reference disappears. Strangely this does not happen with all citations as I already have...
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