Release Notes for Mendeley Desktop
Mendeley Desktop v1.9.1
Catalog Search
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Search and import articles from the Mendeley catalog of over 70 million
research papers from Mendeley Desktop.
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Direct open access import - For selected open access articles you can
import the details and full text into Mendeley Desktop with a single
click.
PDF Viewer
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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.
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Improved text selection - Text selection and highlighting is now more
robust, especially in pages with more complex layouts and older PDF files.
Other
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Copy BibTeX entries directly to the clipboard via Edit -> Copy As ->
BibTeX Entry.
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Page Up/Down in the PDF viewer now navigate up/down one screen rather than
a whole page.
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'Open File Externally' now selects the file in Finder on Mac.
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The search field now supports 'published_in:' an alternative way
to search for documents from specific publications, to match search on
mendeley.com
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The search field now allows the '-' operator to appear before
field names to exclude certain documents (example: 'papercraft
-author:zhu')
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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
Bug Fixes
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Cmd+L/R in the PDF viewer no longer jumps to the first or last page.
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Copying selected text using Ctrl+C now copies the text, not the citation.
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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
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Fixed an issue where file attachments were lost locally after a sync if
upload the attachment failed.
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Fixed crash when dragging and dropping invalid URLs into Mendeley Desktop.
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Fixed file downloads failing on encrypted home directories on Linux due to
overly long file names.
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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
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Released: 10 July 2013
