This is happening because Word is trying to connect to Endnote online. It's really easy to fix. Go to the Endnote menu in Word and select 'Preferences' In the box that pops up, select the Application tab; Currently, Word will have 'Endnote Online' selected. Change the selection to 'Endnote' and hit OK. Uninstall the Mendeley Word plugin. Restart your machine. Reinstall the Mendeley Word plugin.
Mac OSX: Mendeley will detect which word processor(s) you have installed, so the options available to you may vary. The citation tool installs very quickly and will confirm once it finishes. Mendeley is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and reference management application with Mendeley Web, an online social network fo. Mendeley Word Plugin doesn't work with M1 Office version. Just to let people know, Mendeley Word Plugin doesn't work with the updated Microsoft Word for M1 MacBooks as of December 15th. I just installed the Microsoft Office Update and the plugin doesn't work.
Mendeley Not Working In Word
One of the great built-in features in Mendeley is without a doubt the citation plugin for your word processor of choice. We currently support most of popular word processors such as MS word (Mac and Windows), OpenOffice, Neo Office, and Libre Office. We’re continuously working to improve the efficiency and general user interface of this plugin because we feel it is an important component within Mendeley Desktop and your overall research workflow.
That being said, I’d like to touch on a small aspect that many Mendeley citation plugin users are probably unaware of. If you add multiple citations at the same time, the appropriate citation style is used for such situations. For example, if you were citing 3 articles and they were the 3rd, 4th and 5th citations added, they’d probably be added as follows 3-5 (if using a numeric inline citation style format like “Nature Genetics”.). However, if you went in to the document and wanted to add another reference in that bundle, it would show up as 3-5 6. That is not good.
Quick solution? Delete the citations and add all four together. Which would mean remembering which reference they were, selecting all four and adding them in again.
Better solution? Merge the citations! Just select the 3-5 and 6 citation and then go to your citation plugin options in your word processor and select Merge citations. The end result should be 3-6. No need to go track down the references again. Just select, merge. Done.
Check out this quick 2 minute video showcasing our Word plugin:
Mendeley Word Plugin Problem Mac Mojave
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