Zotero add-on on Word 2016 for Mac not working

Hello,

I have a Mac with Mojave 10.14.6 and Word 2016 for Mac (16.16.27). I recently got this computer from work and had not tried using Word until now. But the other when I decided to start using it, the Zotero add-on keeps not working. I can see it fine in Zord, but any time I try to use it (by clicking on any of the buttons), it tells me there is a "Word Integration Error." and that "Zotero experienced an error updating your document.". I looked at the troubleshooting pages and checked the discussions on this forum to see if anyone had the same issues, but nothing has worked so far.

I have restarted both Zotero and Word (and the computer itself). I have disabled and enabled again the add-on. I am saving the file on OneDrive and while it didn't have a space, it had a -, so I took it away because trying things (although the name of the OneDrive folder has a space in it so the address of the file has spaces, but I cannot change it as it breaks the connection to OneDrive if I do). Oh and Track Change isn't enabled.

I am unsure if there is something extremely obvious I missed, especially as I am a new-ish user of Mac (but got given a Mac so I have to make do).

Oh and that's the Debug code: D154965620.

Thank you in advance and hopefully I didn't miss the solution written somewhere obvious.

  • edited October 4, 2022
    5.0.96.4
    You're using an outdated version of Zotero. You should upgrade to the current version from the download page and figure out why you weren't receiving automatic updates.
  • It's working now!

    I am confused because I am pretty sure I reinstalled it only a few weeks ago when I got the computer again so it should be a later version.
    That being said, I don't think it has ever auto-updated either (for that matter neither on this one or on my personal Windows computer). I am not sure why as the Config settings tell me I should be getting them.
    Anyway, I'll just need to make sure to manually update it regularly if I can't find the reason why it's not auto-updating.

    Thank you!
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