> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.zarms.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# See a card and change its status from Google Docs

> With a card's Google document open, use the ZARMS add-on to check the card's assignees, dates, steps and comments, and change its status.

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](https://help.zarms.cloud/en/workspace-addon/install.md) first.

## Show the card

**1. Open the card's document**

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

**2. 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](https://mintcdn.com/xgeneinc/N4TaKb3b86sRVhrq/images/workspace-addon/docs-steps-en.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=N4TaKb3b86sRVhrq\&q=85\&s=1d1b0bd7a82a327e9be20c46cae65bca)

### 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](https://mintcdn.com/xgeneinc/N4TaKb3b86sRVhrq/images/workspace-addon/docs-filescope-en.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=N4TaKb3b86sRVhrq\&q=85\&s=ef95ab0b04f2d6dc0e14228fe1960bac)

Card documents created by ZARMS usually already have access, so you rarely see this screen.

## What you can do in the side panel

| To do this | Do this |
| - | - |
| Change the status | Choose it under **Status**, then press **Change status** at the bottom |
| Get notified | Press **Follow**. To stop, press **Unfollow** |
| Check the contents | Switch between **Folder**, **Steps**, **Related**, **History** and **Comments**. These are view-only here |
| Edit anything else | Press **Open card in ZARMS**. Edit assignees, dates and steps, or write comments, in ZARMS |

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](https://help.zarms.cloud/en/cards/status-and-ball.md). You can't move a card back to Draft from the side panel.

## If something goes wrong

| Message | What to do |
| - | - |
| "This document isn't linked to a ZARMS card." | It isn't a card's document. Open a card's document from the card in ZARMS via **Document** |
| "Couldn't change it. Open the card in ZARMS and check." | You can't change it to that status, or someone else changed the card. Open the card in ZARMS and check |
| It's a card's document but says it isn't linked | You don't belong to that card's team, or the team is suspended or canceled. Also make sure you use the same Google account you sign in to ZARMS with |
| "Use a Google account that has signed in to ZARMS before." | See [Install the add-on](https://help.zarms.cloud/en/workspace-addon/install.md#if-something-goes-wrong) |


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