Next up, learn how to sync your library so that you have access to all your sources, folders and documents on the go. 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. are able to tweak your referencing style/s if required. However, the new in -text citation tool, Mendeley Cite, uses a different Microsoft Word function than the legacy Cite-O-Matic tool.have the knowledge to fix any incorrectly auto-formatted citations (no reference management tool is perfect!).know how to format your citations manually if required.

Top tip: A reference management tool can save you hours of work by automating the process of citing sources in your document! Save yourself a lot of angst by becoming very familiar with your referencing style/s so that you: Check that the Mendeley functionality is visible under the References tab in Wordįor guidance on installing and getting the most functionality from the MS Word Plugin, see Mendeley's Using the Citation Plugin Guide. Currently, there are issues with Microsoft Office which means that a user using a document with citations made in Mendeley Cite on desktop Word will not be able to access the citations that exist if opening the relevant document on Word Online. Install the MS Word Plugin via Mendeley Desktop Switching from Word desktop to Word web with Mendeley Cite. To create and format your citations and bibliography when working with Mendeley Desktop in Word, we need to ensure that Mendeley and Word are 'talking' to each other. Place a cursor at the end of a sentence where you want to insert an. Select your preferred referencing style (e.g. On your Word document, click References to find a Mendeley Cite-O-Matic section. Then watch the video below to learn how to insert and manage citations in your document. You can select citations from your desktop Mendeley and insert them as in-text citations in your Word document. Read the text below to verify you have everything set up and ready to go. This part of the guide provides an introduction to using Mendeley Desktop and Microsoft Word effectively. The Mendeley Cite add-in for Word, which can be used without having your reference manager open or even installed, allows you to insert individual or.

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