Make sure to open SmartCite and select a citation style you want to use before proceeding.

When citing, first create a footnote by navigating to the “References” tab in Word and clicking on the “Insert footnote” button:

Once a footnote has been inserted in-text, navigate to the bottom of the page where the citation will be located, then input it from your library in SmartCite by going to the References tab in SmartCite. When you select the citation, it will be added to the footnote, and an entry will be generated for the bibliography section.

Then simply repeat the process for any subsequent citation you want to add.

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Click there, and your document will begin to convert. Note, depending on this size of your document, this may take several minutes.

Once it completes, your document will be properly formatted for use in SmartCite.

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Save a copy of your library to a local location on your computer.

Note: do not select the “save as package” option. 

Click save. That will save a copy of your library in .enl format. 

With that file saved, head to the Papers desktop application – you do need to use the desktop application for this import, not the web. Once there, head to add – import files

and select EndNote

Once you hit “next”, you’ll be asked if you want to merge duplicates upon import

Click “import” and you’re import will begin! Please contact Papers Support if you have any problems or questions.

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Once you’ve made your selection, hit “next” on the bottom right and you’ll be asked to log in with your Mendeley credentials.

And once you click “import”, the migration from Mendeley will begin

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In the web application, you can find this feature by clicking on the “My Account” icon in the bottom left corner of the app, which takes you to the account settings page. The feature is located at the bottom of the page and can be adjusted according to the system theme, light or dark theme:

To toggle dark mode on/off in the Papers desktop application, navigate to the General tab in Papers settings and select between available theme options:

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Either the user/s have sent a link to a personal library which only the sender is able to access.

Or they have sent a link to a shared library which you currently do not have access to.

To resolve this you will need to ask the sender to send another URL link to the desired article in a shared library that both you and them have access to.

If you are still unable to access the new link that they have sent you please let us know at support@papersapp.com.

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Remember, you’ll need to fill in the CSL name, not the field name.

For example, in the example above, one of our custom fields is “university location” and we have marked the location as Boston, MA. To perform a search for all articles where Boston has been listed as the “university location”, we would search for:

custom_metadata.university-location:”Boston”

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You can import one or multiple references directly from search results in a couple of different ways. To import selected articles, look for the blue (+) ReadCube button

Note that whatever library you select will be the default library for future imports until you change it.

To import multiple articles at once, head into the Papers extension on your browser (this option is usually on the upper right hand side of your browser window). Here, you can select multiple references, or all search results

Once you have the articles selected for import, click “select library” and select the library you’d like the content imported into. Note, the library you select will be remembered for the next import.

Then click “add” and the selected references will be imported into your library.

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You can create a Public List from any library in your Papers account, including Shared Libraries (provided you have admin rights). Note that individual references cannot be shared as Public Lists—only Libraries and Collections can be shared this way.

To create a Public List, click on the Settings (gear) icon to the right of the Library or Collection and select “Share as Public List.”

You’ll then get a pop-up confirming that you are about to make a public lists of your content, which will make the metadata of your library/collection visible to anyone with the link.

Click “Create Public List” and you’ll be given a link to your metadata, which you can share with anyone. Colleagues who view your Public List can even click to add the metadata from any of your references directly to their Papers library—provided they have one. If they don’t, they’ll be prompted to sign up for an account.

Note, you can stop sharing your content publicly at anytime by returning to Settings (gearbox) icon next to your shared Library or Collection, clicking on “Share as Public Lists” again, and selecting “Stop Sharing

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To get started, right-click on any column heading in your library. A menu will appear showing all available viewing options.

Any option you toggle on will appear as a column in your library view.
Tip: You can drag column headings to reorder them at any time. Just look for the move cursor icon.

Regardless of which options you choose to display, you can mark an article as a favorite by right-clicking the reference and selecting “Add Flag.”

This will add a small flag icon to the reference, visible in your library as long as the “Flag” column is enabled.

You can also apply color labels by enabling the “Color Label” column in your view options. Then, hover over that column in the reference row you want to label. A circle outline will appear—click it to choose and apply a color.

Similarly, to give a reference a star rating, enable the “Rating” column. Hovering over this column for any reference will display a 5-star scale, allowing you to assign a rating.

You can also mark any reference in your library as “read” or “unread” by right-clicking over the reference and looking for the “mark as read” and “mark as unread” options

Note that references which are unread will appear bold in the Papers library view.

By taking advantage of these customizable options, you can tailor your Papers library view to better fit your research and reading habits. Whether you’re flagging key papers, adding color-coded labels, or rating your references, these tools help keep your library organized and easy

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