If your colleagues are using gmail, they may be opening the file with Google Docs, then downloading it there. If they do, the citations would get flattened. Make sure the citations are still there whe

Could you provide a step-by-step instruction on reproducing this in a new Google Docs document all the way from saving the item (provide an URL) to the citation becoming a "."? See Provide Steps to Re

I have a relatively large google document (68,000 words, 150 citations)

[Error] Blocked a frame with origin "https://clients6.google.com" from accessing a frame with origin "https://docs.google.com". Protocols, domains, and ports must match.

Can you restart Zotero and Chrome, then create a Debug ID from Zotero for an attempt to cite in Google Docs? Sorry if this seems like we're just asking for the same thing, but there are multiple reaso

@adomasven I have tried this now in chrome and safari, and have tried making a copy of the document to edit citations in (in google docs still), and have restarted everything multiple times, and still

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1zc3Sl4JU7Ltu0Q55-OB0QYCJbYiguVXwpc_BzBLLZcA/htmlview#gid=128551622

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/108764/google-doc-is-cycling

my google document started acting funny today. It is by now about 130 pages long, so adding citations was slow, but manageable.

I was running into the "Zotero is updating your document. Please wait..." message in Google docs and found this post. I had previously used Zotero cite-while-you-write with Word but not with Google. A

Yes, if you edit websites, it has the yellow triangle warning to allow for all websites. It is also specifically set to allow edits on docs.google.com

it works pretty much the same as it does on Google Docs. The advantage it [Google Docs] currently has over other solutions is that it doesn't have any problems with co-editing online AND that it has

Regarding Google Docs, I have never tried to use it offline and if you're saying that it has the same problems, that's one more reason not to do that. The advantage it currently has over other solutio

This is also a problem with Google Docs.

@adomasven: indeed you can alwayse use classic word with sync programs like One Drive or Dropbox, but these tend to have problems when two or more people are editing the same document at the same time

We actually spent months developing a dramatically faster version of Google Docs integration using a different Google framework, but unfortunately there's a critical bug in that framework that causes

@small_batch This is definitely a problem, and it would be better if there was a fix... I wouldn't say using Word is a fix because Google Docs is so far the best for collaborative work. Word online is

We don't generally recommend working with Google Docs on a document this size. The best option is to switch to Word or LibreOffice. See Moving Documents with Zotero Citations Between Word Processors.

My Google Doc is roughly 250 pages with around 300 references. When I add a reference, it takes roughly 30-45 seconds to add, despite automatic updates being turned off.

Recently, the Zotero menu in Google Docs stopped working correctly for me.