Mac Mendeley Word Plugin

02-05-2021
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An instructions for Mendeley Microsoft word plug-in on macOS.

Mendeley offers word processing plug-ins for Microsoft Word and LibreOffice.To install the plug-ins, go to the Tools menu on the Mendeley Desktop version. In the drop down menu, click on the appropriate line to 'Install MS Word/LibreOffice Plugin'Once you download and install Mendeley Desktop to a computer, you can install the Microsoft Word Plugin. Open the Desktop, then click on Tools, then Install MS Word Plugin. You may have to close and reopen Word for the install to be completed.

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  • In Windows machines (some versions MS Word), you should find the Mendeley toolbar in View > Toolbars in the word processor menu. Select the Mendeley toolbar, and you should find buttons 'Insert Citation', 'Insert Bibliography', etc.
  • In MS Word 2007 and 2010, the Mendeley plug-in may be found in the Word 'References' ribbon.
  • In Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac, the Mendeley text menu will be found by clicking on the script menu: .
  • To add a citation while writing, just click on 'Insert Citation' and a pop-up box will appear offering the opportunity to search for your citation by author, title or year in your Library or your Groups, or to go to Mendeley directly.
  • At the end of your paper, click 'Insert Bibliography'. Your bibliography will appear, and new citations will be added automatically.
  • Change bibliographic styles with 'Choose Citation Styles' in the Mendeley toolbar. Choosing this option in the word processor will not necessarily change the style in your Mendeley Desktop version Library.

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  • Mendeley Desktop provides a built-in word processor plugin that works on various platforms. Here we have a nice short video demonstrating how to get the citation plugin up and running in your work.
  • Mendeley allows you to import citations and bibliographic information directly in to your Word document. (See installing the Word plug in).Depending on whether you're working on a Mac or Windows computer the location and look of the Mendeley plugin will be slightly different, though the functionality is the same.