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Hi, I installed mendeley desktop on a Mac OS X version 10.7.4. On attempt to login on Welcome to Mendeley page it tells me "An error occurred when contacting Mendeley. Contact support". I have tried...
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Hi Helpdesk, When I am trying to insert a citation using Mendeley desktop I am getting the following error Problem formatting citation #0 JavaScript error found: CSL error: Exception: TypeError: Result...
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Hi, The mendeley desktop (1.8.4) does not appear in my word script menu. What is the process please ? Thank in advance.
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I've got a large zotero library (565 documents) with most of these having pdfs. However, when I used zotero integration in mendeley, a large number of them (199) were missing their pdfs.
View ArticleCitations added manually are not added to document
I add a citation manually into Mendeley, or manually edit one that I had added from a web brower, but then when I try to add the citation to my document it does not appear. I can search and find it,...
View ArticleWord plugin can't connect to Mendeley desktop
Dear Mendeley team, When I try to insert/edit a new citation, MS-word can't connect to Mendeley. It says: unable to start mendeley desktop automatically: Try starting Mendeley Desktop manually. This...
View ArticleHow to export pdfs to Zotero
How can I export pdfs to zotero? I have been able to export the RIS (or Bib) files but the pdfs have not come across. Many thanks I am using: Windows 7 (32 bit); Firefox 21.0; Zotero 4.0.8; Mendeley...
View ArticleDOI lookup of ASTM standards
DOI lookup fails for all ASTM standards, but retrieval from DOI.org works perfectly. Some sample ASTM standard DOIs: 10.1520/d3493-09 10.1520/d1765-10 10.1520/D2414-12 10.1520/D6086-09A Has anyone had...
View Articleopen file externally does nothing - bug
Hi, when I select "Open File Externally", nothing happens. I can "Open Folder", and then open the file in the external viewer. I can also open the file in Mendeley itself. It's just the direct "Open...
View ArticleManual file linkage?
I created new versions of some scanned pdfs of chapters I had entered into Mendeley and overwrote the existing files in the folders being "watched" by my Mendeley desktop. The file names did not...
View ArticleProblems with adding new articles
Hello, my version of mendeley has a problem with the automatic recognition of journal names, authors, volume and so on. It dose not make any difference which article I want to add, the only thing...
View ArticleHandling duplicate entries
Using the tool "check for duplicates" I get sometimes a group of three suspected duplicates. But, only two of the three are in fact duplicates. How do I merge this two but not the third?
View ArticleSearch by title suddenly stopped working
Hi - search by title was working fine, now once I click it once, no search results are returned and little circle icon keeps rolling away next to the greyed out search by title bar. If I try another...
View Articlesync crashed, deleted all of my annotations
I'm out of the country and do not have regular internet access. I've been annotating my articles in Mendeley desktop with highlights and notes. I got a chance to hook up to a wireless connection and...
View ArticleI can't view any of my contacts nor share papers with my contacts
I can't view any of my contacts nor share papers with my contacts. Please help. The Overview screen is blank, too. Luckily I still have all of the papers.
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My MS Word plugin is not installing. The Mendeley says it was successfully installed but the icon does not appear in the word. What should I do? Graciously
View ArticleMultiple computers
Can Mendeley Desktop be installed on multiple computers (ie linked to the one account)?
View Articlereference list not complete
When I do a Pubmed search and save my file as a .ris file through endnote and load it into Mendeley, it impots less references than I had in my endnote file. What does mendeley do here? Victor
View Articlesearching notes
I have the most recent version of Mendely, 1.8.4. Why is the option to search notes, authors, etc. listed in the search field but they don't work? This is very frustrating. I have added all kinds of...
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