Limited Mac support: Most of the major QDA software packages (NVivo, MAXQDA, and Atlas.ti) now offer Mac versions, but because the Mac versions are so new, the feature sets are often limited compared to the Windows versions. This will improve with time, but can lead to some frustrations for faculty and student Mac users. 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 Word Plugin Problem Macbook Air
- Mendeley Word Plugin Problem Mac 2018
- Mendeley Word Plugin Problem Macbook Pro
Mendeley Word Plugin Problem Macbook Air
While Mendeley (particularly the desktop application) is quite good as a reference management system, it does have its limitations. You should be aware of the following shortcomings:
- Some users at WMU may experience login problems either in Mendeley Web or desktop. This may have something to do with WMU's email addresses. Please contact support.mendeley.com for assistance with resolving this problem.
- Some users at WMU may also experience problems with receiving or accepting invitations to join Mendeley groups. Please contact support.mendeley.com for assistance with resolving this problem.
- You cannot use Mendeley Web with MS Word on Mac computers, but you CAN use it with MS Word on Windows machines using the 'Export to MS Word' button.
- You cannot use Mendeley Web or Mendeley Desktop with Google Docs. However, you can copy citations from Mendeley Desktop and paste them into your Google doc.
- Mac Users who have OS Sierra and High Sierra may need to download an older version of Mendeley (version 1.16.3 - see here https://www.mendeley.com/autoupdates/installers/1.16.3) for it to work on your machines.
- Both Mendeley Web and Desktop are NOT accessible to screen readers for the blind/low vision (JAWS, NVDA). Those users should consider purchasing the EndNote software.
- Can't search text of annotations (and in web version, text in notes is also not searched).
- Can't export citations plus your personal notes. The only way to do this is to put your notes in the abstract field and use APA cite/abstract (annotated bib) style.
- Limited number of document types available (and no way to add new document types or create your own)
- The company Elsevier (which publishes the ScienceDirect, Scopus and Engineering Village databases) is in the process of linking older Mendeley accounts to their own system. This may complicate exporting citations from their databases directly to Mendeley Web. Scopus, in particular, requests the user to login to an Elsevier account when the user attempts to login to Mendeley. Please contact the Scopus Support page to get help with this.
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.
Mendeley Word Plugin Problem Mac 2018
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 Macbook Pro
Here are the previous eight entries in our How-to series: