It's compatible with Word (including Word for Mac) and LibreOffice. Install Mendeley Reference Manager. Download the Reference Manager software and Citation Plugin will install automatically. Import documents to create your library. Start citing and building bibliographies. Nov 10, 2015 Microsoft Word 2016 (Mac) Add-Ins Crash. I tried to install the Mendeley word extension, and Mendeley says that the installation was successful. However, in Word, I do not see it under 'add-ins' ribbon. I do see that there are multiple add-in versions for Mendeley. I tried to attach an image to this message, but it would not attach.
Download the Word plugin (from the Tools menu of Mendeley Desktop). Have both your Word document and your Mendeley Desktop library open.
Remember, you can't insert citations from Mendeley Web. Place your cursor exactly where you want the citation to go in your Word document.
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On the References tab of Word, click the Insert Citation icon. The Style dropdown box will not display a bibliographic style until you have inserted your first citation. In the search window that opens, enter a search term to bring up the citation you need.
Note that you can search your whole library (My Library), which is the default setting, or, using the dropdown menu, choose from your folders or groups. Select the citation to insert & click OK. To edit a reference, for example, to add a specific page number to an in-text citation, highlight the citation to be edited, & click the Edit Citation icon (the Add Citation icon changes to Edit Citation when you highlight an existing citation). In the Edit Citation window that opens, highlight the citation, then make your changes (adding a page number if the output style that you're selected supports that, adding a prefix-such as 'c.f.'
-or a suffix-such as 'emphasis added', or suppress the author.