How can I convert my references in MS Word document I wrote with Mendeley to EndNote references.

Firstly you should transfer the records from Mendeley Desktop to your EndNote library. See How can I transfer records from Mendeley Desktop to EndNote.

Document Conversion:

In order to convert a document created using Mendeley's "Cite-O-Matic" tools, it needs to be formatted in a custom style. You can download a copy of the custom style at the link below. Download the "Mendeley-to-Endnote-Title.csl" file and add the custom style to the Mendeley program.

Adding the custom style to the Mendeley program:

  • Open Mendeley and click View > Citation Style > More Styles. 

    Mendeley references conversion to EndNote

 

 

In MS Word follow the steps below:

  1. Open Word, click the References tab, click on Style dropdown > More Styles.
  2. Select Mendeley-to-Endnote-Title and click OK. Now references will display only the title in the open and close curly braces: {Title}.
  3. Open the EndNote library and the document formatted using the "custom" style.
  4. Save the modified document with a new name.
  5. Windows: Press [Ctrl]+A on the keyboard to highlight everything.
  6. Mac: Press [Command]+A on the keyboard to highlight everything.
  7. Windows: Press [Ctrl]+6 (above the "T" and "Y" key) to remove any field codes.
  8. Mac: Press [Command]+6 (above the "T" and "Y" key) to remove any field codes.
  9. Remove any Bibliography present in the document.
  10. Update the document with the appropriate style using the EndNote tools. See EndNote: Changing Output Styles Within a Document for more information.

 

If you have converted your records from a third party application (e.g. Mendeley, Zotero) not correctly to EndNote [e.g., author names are replaced by a semicolon (;) ], then you may encounter the following message when trying to insert citations with EndNote Cite While You Write (CWYW): EndNote Error. This means that EndNote can not locate the correct record in your EndNote Library.

 

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