Release Notes for Mendeley Desktop v0.9.7

This update features improved shared collection management, a simplified Document Details pane and faster syncing of new documents.

New Features and Improvements:

• The right-hand Document Details pane has been re-designed.
• Improved shared collection management interface.
• Preferences dialog now displays information about current space usage.
• File syncing settings are now synced across your computers. Disabling file syncing for a collection will remove those file attachments from Mendeley Web.
• Added menu items to jump to previous/next/first/last pages in PDF viewer.

Improvements to Existing Features:

• Faster syncing of newly imported documents and reduced memory usage.
• Faster switching between collections.
• Sticky notes can now be moved after they have been created.
• Added an option to exclude unpublished works from the Mendeley Web catalog.
• Moving documents to the trash is now an undo-able action.
• File uploads are now always enabled for shared collections.
• Mendeley will now display a warning if it is unable to save database changes for any reason.
• Updated 'Getting Started' guide. Go to Help -> Getting Started Guide to see the latest version.
• (Mac) Various aesthetic improvements to the interface.

Bug Fixes:

• Cmd+H shortcut now hides the window on Mac.
• Fixed problem with pages field of some documents being output incorrectly to Bibtex.
• Fixed order of document authors after import from Zotero.
• Fixed several syncing problems with folders.
• Fixed a crash when watching a folder on Linux/Mac whose name was a single backslash.
• (Linux) Fixed a problem launching external viewers/browsers to view web pages/files outside Mendeley in the generic builds.

Note: The right-hand References tab has been removed in this release. We plan to re-introduce it in an improved form in future.

Feedback and Support

• If you have suggestions for improvements please let us know by visiting the feedback forum.
• If you encounter any problems using Mendeley or have questions to ask please contact our support team.
• For news and updates about Mendeley see our blog.