Put together research papers, reports and dissertations in the suite supporting text generating, data import and automated generation and assignment of citations, bibliographies, and other framework elements. The program is compatible with Microsoft Word, OpenOffice and LaTeX.
Mendeley Desktop lets you organize your research, create bibliographies and collaborate online with other professionals. It is compatible with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice and it also offers support for BibTeX.
The application is easy to install and you can start using it as soon as you register to the Mendeley website. The interface of the program is very intuitive. To add new PDF files to your library just drag an drop them into the main window of the program. The application will automatically detect document details, such as: authors, date, number of pages, abstract, keywords, advisor, tags, type of work and many others. Every time you add new documents to your library, you are able to synchronize it to your Mendeley web account. This way you will be able to share your research with other Mendeley users.
The program is able to open multiple PDF files in separate tabs saving precious time. Another important feature of the program is its ability to add annotations or highlights to your documents. You can easily save the annotations within your documents in order to print them. Mendeley Desktop is able to organize your PDFs by sorting them in multiple folder or categories allowing you to easily search across your research library.
On the Mendeley website you have access to millions of research documents and collaborate with other members. Mendeley is also knows as one of the biggest academic social networks.
v1.9.2 [May 26, 2013]
1. Catalog Search
Search and import articles from the Mendeley catalog of over 70 million research papers from Mendeley Desktop.
Direct open access import - For selected open access articles you can import the details and full text into Mendeley Desktop with a single click.
2. PDF Viewer
Word definition - Select a word or phrase in a PDF and click 'Define' in the action bar that appears to view an explanation of that phrase from Wikipedia.
Improved text selection - Text selection and highlighting is now more robust, especially in pages with more complex layouts and older PDF files.
3. Other
Copy BibTeX entries directly to the clipboard via Edit -> Copy As -> BibTeX Entry.
Page Up/Down in the PDF viewer now navigate up/down one screen rather than a whole page.
'Open File Externally' now selects the file in Finder on Mac.
The search field now supports 'published_in:' an alternative way to search for documents from specific publications, to match search on mendeley.com
The search field now allows the '-' operator to appear before field names to exclude certain documents (example: 'papercraft -author:zhu')
Clarified the wording in the dialog that appears when adding documents to 'My Publications' to make it clear that any attached PDFs will be available to download from your profile.
Removed CiteULike options
4. Bug Fixes
Cmd L/R in the PDF viewer no longer jumps to the first or last page.
Copying selected text using Ctrl C now copies the text, not the citation.
Fixed a bug where the tool shown as selected in the toolbar did not match the actual active tool in the PDF viewer when opening new tabs
Fixed the Go -> Last Page action in the PDF viewer
Fixed an issue where file attachments were lost locally after a sync if upload the attachment failed.
Fixed crash when dragging and dropping invalid URLs into Mendeley Desktop.
Fixed file downloads failing on encrypted home directories on Linux due to overly long file names.
Fixed a problem formatting Mendeley citations after changing the font style to ALL CAPS in Word.
Ris exporter now uses absolute path instead of relative
Fixed Crash in Windows when clicking Reload in Notes tab
Fixed Word 2008 plugin for Mac users
