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 You can quickly search for items in your Zotero library, add page numbers and other details, and insert citations. When you're done, a single click inserts a formatted bibliography based on the citations in your document. Zotero supports complex style requirements such as //Ibid.// and name disambiguation, and it keeps your citations and bibliography updated as you make changes to items in your library. If you need to switch citation styles, you can easily reformat your entire document in any of the over 10,000 citation styles that Zotero supports. You can quickly search for items in your Zotero library, add page numbers and other details, and insert citations. When you're done, a single click inserts a formatted bibliography based on the citations in your document. Zotero supports complex style requirements such as //Ibid.// and name disambiguation, and it keeps your citations and bibliography updated as you make changes to items in your library. If you need to switch citation styles, you can easily reformat your entire document in any of the over 10,000 citation styles that Zotero supports.
  
-Google Docs support is part of the Zotero Connector for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari and requires the Zotero program to function.+Google Docs support is provided by the [[/download/connectors|Zotero Connector]] for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari and requires the Zotero program to function.
  
 Using another word processor? Zotero also integrates with [[word_processor_plugin_usage|Word]] and [[libreoffice_writer_plugin_usage|LibreOffice]]. Using another word processor? Zotero also integrates with [[word_processor_plugin_usage|Word]] and [[libreoffice_writer_plugin_usage|LibreOffice]].
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 ^ Unlink Citations | Unlink Zotero citations in the document by removing the field codes. This prevents any further automatic updates of the citations and bibliographies.\\ Note that removing field codes is **irreversible** and should usually only be done in a final copy of your document. | ^ Unlink Citations | Unlink Zotero citations in the document by removing the field codes. This prevents any further automatic updates of the citations and bibliographies.\\ Note that removing field codes is **irreversible** and should usually only be done in a final copy of your document. |
  
-=====Authentication=====+<HTML><span id="authentication"/><!-- For old links from connector --></HTML>
  
-Interacting with the Zotero functionality for the first time in a document will prompt you to authenticate the plugin with your Google account. Be sure to select the Google account you used to create the document or that has been given editing access by the document's creator. This is unrelated to any Zotero account you may have, which isn't required to use Zotero or Google Docs integration. 
  
-Once authenticated, you can begin inserting citations from your Zotero libraries.+=====Authorization===== 
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 +Interacting with the Zotero functionality for the first time in a document will prompt you to authorization the plugin to access your Google account. Be sure to: 
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 +1. Select the Google account you used to create the document or that has been given editing access by the document's creator. This is unrelated to any Zotero account you may have, which isn't required to use Zotero or Google Docs integration. 
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 +2. Grant Zotero the permission to "See, edit, create and delete all your Google Docs documents". Zotero uses this permission to be able to insert and modify citations into your document. The plugin doesn't do anything else with your document content and doesn't access documents other than the ones on which it's triggered. The integration works entirely locally on your computer, so even when you trigger the plugin on a given document, nothing is sent to Zotero servers. 
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 +Once you've authorized the plugin to access your document, you can begin inserting citations from your Zotero libraries.
 =====Citing===== =====Citing=====
  
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 If nothing appears when you click the Zotero menu, or you see a thin gray line, try restarting Zotero and your browser. If nothing appears when you click the Zotero menu, or you see a thin gray line, try restarting Zotero and your browser.
  
-If that doesn't help, disable all other browser extensions, reload Google Docs, and try again.+If that doesn't help, disable all other browser extensions, reload Google Docs, and try again. In particular, the Google Docs Offline extension has been reported as interfering with Zotero's Google Docs integration. 
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 +In some browsers, you may need to give the Zotero Connector permission to run. While Google Docs support only requires access to ''docs.google.com'' and ''%%www.zotero.org%%'', if you're going to be using Zotero, you'll want to use the Zotero Connector to save to Zotero, and for that to work it needs to be able to run on all sites. (See [[privacy#zotero_connector|why this is safe]].) In Chrome or Edge, right-click on the Save to Zotero button in your browser toolbar, select "This Can Read and Change Site Data", and choose "On All Sites". In Safari, go to the Websites tab of the Safari settings, click on Zotero Connector in the left column, and make sure any sites that show up and "For other websites" at the bottom are all set to "Allow".
  
 If it's still not working, try in a new browser profile (e.g., a new Chrome profile) or in a different browser. If it's still not working, try in a new browser profile (e.g., a new Chrome profile) or in a different browser.
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 If you can open the Zotero menu but the citation dialog doesn't appear after you click Add/Edit Citation, make sure that a dialog isn't appearing behind your other browser or Zotero windows. If you can open the Zotero menu but the citation dialog doesn't appear after you click Add/Edit Citation, make sure that a dialog isn't appearing behind your other browser or Zotero windows.
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 +==== Unlinked Citations ====
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 +See [[kb:google_docs_citations_unlinked|
 +Why isn’t Zotero detecting my existing Google Docs citations?]]
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 +==== “The Google account you selected does not have permission to edit this document” ====
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 +You likely selected the wrong Google account. See [[#authentication|Authentication]].
  
 ==== Other problems ==== ==== Other problems ====
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