(What does this look like on a mac?)Īfter you have synchronized your Mendeley Desktop, you may close the Desktop software window. Watch the bottom of your Desktop software window (on a Windows computer) to see when the synchronize process is complete. If you currently use the Mendeley Desktop software to manage your library and group materials, you will need to click on the synchronize button, shown above, to ensure that your data is completely synchronized with your Mendeley cloud storage. However, you will need to be careful to remember which tool you are using with each manuscript! You can load Mendeley Reference Manager on your local computer and install the Mendeley Cite tool (plug in) into your MS Word without installing Mendeley's Cite-O-Matic tool, and begin new manuscripts. Please first make and save a copy of your document as a backup, because no tool is perfect. More information is available on the Mendeley support website. If you currently have manuscripts in progress with inserted intext citations from Desktop and the Cite-O-Matic tool, you may wish to continue using those Mendeley products until that manuscript is completed.Ĭurrent versions of the Mendeley Cite plugin for Microsoft Word can convert citations inserted with the legacy Cite-O-Matic tool. However, the new in-text citation tool, Mendeley Cite, uses a different Microsoft Word function than the legacy Cite-O-Matic tool. Your library entries will transition between Desktop (synchronized data) and Reference Manager with minimal issues. As you have Mendeley Desktop installed you will still be able to sign in and use it as normal after this date. 'Mendeley Desktop will no longer be available for download from 1st September 2022. If you have any questions about Mendeley, please contact us by email.In summer of 2022, Mendeley Desktop software users saw a message upon login. You can install Mendeley Desktop through the WUR software center (previously !Available software) or directly on the Mendeley website. Do not upgrade to Mendeley Reference Manager when prompted to by Mendeley Desktop.Do not install the stand alone Mendeley Cite add-in.If you have recently installed or upgraded to Mendeley Reference Manager (starting from v2.12.0), we recommend that you downgrade to Mendeley Desktop (up to 1.19.8).If your received your Office Word license from WUR, you cannot install add-ins. The newest versions of Mendeley (Mendeley Reference Manager, v2.12.0 and above) use an add-in instead. The previous versions of Mendeley (Mendeley desktop, up to v1.19.8) work with a plugin to activate this function in Word. It is an important function of your reference manager software. Mendeley cite allows you to cite as you write.

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