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* It’s not possible to directly import group libraries. To import items in group libraries, simply copy the group items to a collection in your Mendeley library before importing. You can then create a Zotero group and drag imported collections or items to that group. | * It’s not possible to directly import group libraries. To import items in group libraries, simply copy the group items to a collection in your Mendeley library before importing. You can then create a Zotero group and drag imported collections or items to that group. | ||
* Mendeley allows any field to be added to any type. When importing into Zotero, if a field isn’t valid for a given item type, the field is placed into the Extra field. When possible, those will be used automatically in citations (e.g., Original Date), and future versions of Zotero will automatically convert those to any real fields that become available. | * Mendeley allows any field to be added to any type. When importing into Zotero, if a field isn’t valid for a given item type, the field is placed into the Extra field. When possible, those will be used automatically in citations (e.g., Original Date), and future versions of Zotero will automatically convert those to any real fields that become available. | ||
- | * When using the Zotero word processor plugins, document citations created with Mendeley won’t currently be linked to imported citations in your Zotero database. | + | * When using the Zotero word processor plugins, document citations created with Mendeley won’t currently be linked to imported citations in your Zotero database. |
===== The Import Process ===== | ===== The Import Process ===== | ||
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** If you’ve already upgraded to 1.19 and have an automatic backup of your Mendeley SQLite database in the Mendeley data directory: | ** If you’ve already upgraded to 1.19 and have an automatic backup of your Mendeley SQLite database in the Mendeley data directory: | ||
- | Locate your [[https:// | + | Locate your [[https:// |
If the backupSlot// | If the backupSlot// | ||
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- Make sure you've synced all data and — if you want to avoid reassociating files manually — files to Elsevier' | - Make sure you've synced all data and — if you want to avoid reassociating files manually — files to Elsevier' | ||
- | - Move your database out of the [[https:// | + | - Move your database out of the [[https:// |
- Download Mendeley 1.18. | - Download Mendeley 1.18. | ||
- Perform a fresh sync to pull down your Mendeley data from the Elsevier servers. | - Perform a fresh sync to pull down your Mendeley data from the Elsevier servers. | ||
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- Close Mendeley | - Close Mendeley | ||
- | - Make a backup of your [[https:// | + | - Make a backup of your [[https:// |
- Download and unzip the menextract2pdf script from [[https:// | - Download and unzip the menextract2pdf script from [[https:// | ||
- Open Terminal, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): | - Open Terminal, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): | ||
* < | * < | ||
- | - For example, on macOS, if you have your Mendeley database in the [[https:// | + | - For example, on macOS, if you have your Mendeley database in the [[https:// |
* < | * < | ||
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- Install [[https:// | - Install [[https:// | ||
- Close Mendeley | - Close Mendeley | ||
- | - Make a backup of your [[https:// | + | - Make a backup of your [[https:// |
- Download and unzip the menextract2pdf script from [[https:// | - Download and unzip the menextract2pdf script from [[https:// | ||
- Open Command Prompt, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): | - Open Command Prompt, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): |