 Welcome. In this section, we will be covering utilizing Zotero within Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Please note, the vast majority of Zotero tools and functions discussed here operate much the same way for both Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Let's get started. When we first open our Word document software, be it Microsoft Word or Google Docs, if we don't see a Zotero tab or dropdown at the top anywhere, we can fix that. For both Microsoft and Google users, whether using Mac or PC, first try closing and reopening the application. This will likely resolve the issue on its own. If we still don't see a Zotero tab and are using Microsoft Word, we have to quit Microsoft Word. Then in the Zotero application, click the Zotero menu and select Preferences from the dropdown. Click the Site tab and click the button that says Word Processors. From here, click Reinstall Microsoft Word Add In. Click OK on the pop-up and now close the Preferences window. This process applies for Mac and PC users alike. Now when we open Word, the Zotero plugin should appear. We are now ready to use Zotero with our Doc software. Make sure our Zotero application is open and then go ahead and open a new Word document. Let's first write a sentence. This is my stellar paper. Now we may want to add a citation. There are a few options for us. There's Add a Citation, Add a Bibliography, Document Preferences, Refresh and Unlink. Start with Add a Citation. The first time we do this, a pop-up appears with a list of citation styles and we have to choose one. There are a lot of styles. Check with your professor on what style they want. Let's go with APA right now. Once we select the style, a red bar appears. Start typing something from the resource we want to cite. We could start typing the author or words from the title. For example, let's start with Social. Then find and select the resource we want. The red bar will stay. Zotero doesn't know if we want to add more citations. If we do, go ahead and start typing again and select yet another reference. Once we have the full set of references we want to cite, hit Return or Enter. Notice that the text that Zotero inserted is gray if we click on it. If we notice a mistake in this gray text, that cannot be fixed here in our Word document. Our Word document is pulling that text directly from our Zotero program, so if we notice a mistake, return to Zotero, fix the citation error, click the Sync button and come back to your Word doc and click Refresh.