I have tried to search the question archives to answer this question myself, but the 300+ pages of questions without any method of sorting is not very convenient. The one similar question I came across early was from over a year ago, thus...
Is there a way to insert your citations as you write your document in a specific format, e.g., [author year; author year] or {author year; author; year}, and then insert the actual citations from Mendeley after you have completed your document. Endnote includes this feature (and the ability to specify how you will "code" your citations) and then afterwards you can have Endnote scan the document for all of those coded citations to insert them one after another, all at once. Then you can create your bibliography. This option seems far superior, as in vastly more efficient, than having to place your cursor at each point and opening Mendeley to manually insert each set of references. Moreover, you can keep your referencing in plain text throughout revisions for easy editing and sharing amongst authors.
Does this exist or is it planned for newer versions?
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