You may need to enable it by going to My Add-ins (under the Insert menu), or you may find it in the References menu. Mendeley Cite will appear as a sidebar in your Word document. What may create problems is to use both simultaneously, so it is recommended that you uninstall the Mendeley Desktop Citation Plugin in Word if you have successfully installed Mendeley Cite and plan to use that.įor Mendeley's instructions on using Mendeley Cite to insert and edit citations and create bibliographies in MS Word, see Getting Started with Mendeley Cite. If you are still using Mendeley Desktop and want to continue to use the Mendeley Desktop Citation Plugin, you should be able to. After at least one citation has been added to your document, place your cursor where you want your bibliography, then select the Insert Bibliography option. Click the Refresh option to update the bibliography as you add more citations.After a citation has been inserted, you may change the citation style using the Style drop-down box.After a reference has been selected, you have the option to add another reference to the same citation.References can also be added from Groups - just change the drop-down menu from My Library to one of your Groups. Click the Insert Citation button and search for references by author, title, or year from your Mendeley Library.Depending on your version of MS Word: Select the References tab and locate the Mendeley Cite-O-Matic options (PC) or look for the Mendeley toolbar or Mendeley menu (Mac).Place your cursor where you want the citation.Once you have installed the citation plugin, you are ready to add citations to documents in MS Word.

See also Mendeley's Guide to Using the Citation Plugin Note that Mendeley Desktop, which is required to use the Desktop Plugin, is no longer available to download from Mendeley these instructions only apply to those who already have Mendeley Desktop installed.

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