Mendeley (English): Options

Mendeley can automatically import PDFs into your library as references.

• Create a folder called ‘PDFs’ in your C: or D: drive
• Save the desired PDFs to this folder
• Go to Tools > Options and select ‘Watched Folders’. The following screen will appear:
• Select the ‘PDFs’ folder
• Click Apply > OK
• Any PDFs saved in this folder will automatically appear as references in your library.

To rename PDFs with an automatically generated, recognisable name:

• Go to Tools > Options > File Organizer
• Select ‘Organize my files’
• Copy files to: each folder that you select
• Select ‘Rename document files’
• Drag the unused fields to File name or vice versa
• Click Apply > OK.