Mendeley allows you to import citations and bibliographic information directly in to your Word document. Now, there are a couple of weird issues making the Mendeley Cite-O-Matic non-functional. ORIGINAL: Until today, I have been able to use the Mendeley plugin on Word 2010 to manage my citations. Adding Citations to Word Documents Menedley inserts a new tool bar into your Word document. The plugin will install and you should get a success message with instructions on how to use it.
Open Mendeley Desktop and click on Tools, Install MS Word Plugin. If you are using Word for Mac, you will have a floating bar or an Add-in, depending on your version of Word (Pictured: Word 2016 for Mac): Windows. Depending on your operating system, the MS Word Plugin will appear differently. Using the Plugin Generating Citations with the MS Word and Open Office Plug-ins (Mendeley Minute) Mac and Windows Mac.