Select the 7th edition Click on the Install button. Start entering a search for ‘American Psychological’. If it is already available, skip to Step 2. If APA 7th is not already available, click on More Styles. On your Word document, click References to find a Mendeley Cite-O-Matic section.Select your preferred referencing style (e.g. In Mendeley, select View and then Citation Style.
If you are using the citation plugin, 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. You can select citations from your desktop Mendeley and insert them as in-text citations in your Word document. Mendeley supports over 7000 citation styles - check to see that your citation syle is supported here.
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.Open Mendeley Desktop and click on Tools, Install MS Word Plugin. I managed to get my IT department to install Word 2016, and it works fine. First make sure that all instances of any Microsoft applications are closed. References can also be added from Groups - just change the drop-down menu from My Library to one of your Groups. Yes - it seems Mendeley Word plugin is essentially not compatible with the 365 version of Word. 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).The citation tool installs very quickly and will confirm once it finishes. Place your cursor where you want the citation. Mendeley Cite add-in for Microsoft Word allows you to easily insert references from your Mendeley library into your Word document, change your citation. Mendeley will detect which word processor(s) you have installed, so the options available to you may vary.To insert a citation using Microsoft Word: Once you have installed the citation plugin, you are ready to add citations to documents in MS Word or other word processing software.