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When a card’s Google document is open, open ZARMS in the side panel on the right to see that card. You can check assignees and dates, or change the status, without switching to ZARMS. Install the add-on first.

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Show the card

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Open the card's document

Open the card’s Google document from the card in ZARMS. Opening it straight from Google Drive works too.
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Open ZARMS in the side panel

Press the ZARMS icon in the side panel on the right. The document’s card appears.
The side panel in Google Docs showing the document's card with its status, dates, assignees and steps

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If “Allow access” appears

To check whether a document belongs to a card, ZARMS needs access to that document. Without it, you see the screen below. Press Allow access to allow access to that one document, and the card appears.
The side panel asking you to allow access to this document, with an Allow access button
Card documents created by ZARMS usually already have access, so you rarely see this screen.

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What you can do in the side panel

Status changes follow the same rules as in ZARMS. For which statuses you can choose and how the ball moves, see Status and the ball. You can’t move a card back to Draft from the side panel.

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If something goes wrong

Last modified on November 4, 2026