Tip 3 PHD4all: Optimizing The Use of Mendeley

Better late than never :) Just discover this two features this week and would like to share with others. Simple and easy setup and the best thing is, it will save your time in the future. The two features in Mendeley are:

1. File organizer: Function to help you organized your PDF files on your hard drive and rename your PDF files according to your preference.

2. Watched Folders: Function to automatically import all PDF files saved in your chosen folders from your hard drive to the program when you open Mendeley Desktop.

Hope this helps :

Step 1: Tool - Option

Step 2: File organizer – organize my file – browse (choose file) – select folder – ok 

(All your PDF in Mendeley will be copy to this folder for back up automatically)

Step 3: Rename document files – File name – Arrange the position of file e.g Author, Year, Title @ Year, Author, Title. 

(All downloaded PDF will name automatically according to your set up). SO easy :)

Step 4: Watched folders – Tick your preference.

I create one MENDELEY folder in my dekstop google drive and I ticked it as my WATCHED FOLDER. 

Whenever I download articles and save in this folder, the article will be automatically uploaded in my desktop Mendeley when there is internet connection. Super easy :)

This has been created by Mendeley automatically according to my setup. Thanks to Mendeley :)

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