📖 User Guide · Version 1.2.3
GKS Write — Complete Guide
Everything you need to manage references, write manuscripts with AI, and collaborate with co-authors — in Firefox, Edge and Chrome.
What's new in 1.2.3
- Edge and Chrome support — GKS Write now also works in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome (Section 1).
- Manuscripts are written one section at a time and follow exactly the sections you tick (Section 6).
- H2 and H3 headings — main sections and sub-sections kept together (Section 11).
- Check tab — outline, citation check and word limits per section (Section 12).
- Letters tab — cover letter, reply to reviewers, and an expert evaluator report that shows where every point comes from (Section 13).
- Your letters and evaluation drafts are saved in your
.gkspack(Section 14). - Daily AI allowance for Options B and C: 30 requests (free) and 300 (Pro) — see Section 2.
🎬 Video tutorials
Prefer to watch? See GKS Write in action — every tab and option explained.
1. Installation
Firefox
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Open Firefox and install GKS Write from Firefox Add-ons (or the provided
.xpi file).2
Click Add to Firefox → confirm the permission prompt.
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The GKS Write icon appears in your toolbar. Click it to capture a reference from the page you are reading, then click Open full library → to open the GKS Write sidebar. You can also open it from the menu: View → Sidebar → GKS Write (press
Alt if you do not see the menu bar).Firefox toolbar — GKS Write icon
Microsoft Edge NEW
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Open Edge and install GKS Write from Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
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If you do not see the icon, click the Extensions (puzzle-piece) icon next to the address bar and show or pin GKS Write on the toolbar.
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Click the icon to capture a reference, then click Open full library →. Edge has no sidebar, so GKS Write opens in a normal browser tab. Everything works the same way; keep the tab open or pin it while you work.
Google Chrome NEW
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Open Chrome and install GKS Write from the Chrome Web Store, then click Add to Chrome.
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Click the Extensions (puzzle-piece) icon next to the address bar and pin GKS Write to the toolbar.
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Click the icon to capture a reference, then click Open full library →. Like Edge, GKS Write opens in a normal browser tab.
📌 Your library and manuscripts are stored separately in each browser. To move your work between Firefox, Edge and Chrome, save a
.gkspack in one and open it in another (Section 14).2. AI Setup — Choose Your Option
Open the sidebar → click ⚙️ Settings in the top right corner. You will see three options:
Settings panel — AI Setup options
Option A — Bring your own free AI key (recommended)
- Click Option A — the API key fields appear
- Visit Google AI Studio (aistudio.google.com/app/apikey) or Groq Console (console.groq.com/keys) — both free
- Click Create API Key on either site and copy the key
- Choose the matching provider from the dropdown
- Paste your key and click Save
💡 Both Gemini and Groq offer generous free tiers — enough for regular manuscript writing without any cost.
Option B — No API key
If you don't want to set up a key, just select Option B. GKS Write routes your AI requests through its own service with a limited free quota — good for trying the tool out. The free plan allows 30 AI requests a day; the count restarts at midnight UTC. When you reach it, GKS Write tells you, and you can wait, switch to Option A, or upgrade.
Option C — Pro license
If you purchased Pro, paste your license key (format PRO-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX) and click Activate. The badge in the top-right of Settings changes to ⭐ PRO immediately. Pro allows 300 AI requests a day.
How many AI requests does each action use?
Options B and C count requests; Option A uses your own key, so GKS Write puts no daily limit on it (your AI provider's own free limits still apply).
| Action | AI requests |
|---|---|
| Generate manuscript | One per ticked section (6 sections ≈ 6 requests) |
| ✏️ Update, ✓ Spell check | 1 each |
| Cover letter | 1 |
| Reply to reviewers | About 1 per 3,000 characters of comments |
| Evaluator report | 1 for short texts. Long texts are read in parts — a 16,000-word manuscript takes about 30 or more. GKS Write tells you before it starts. |
3. Capturing References — One Click
GKS Write works like Zotero — visit any paper page and capture it instantly.
Capturing a reference from PubMed
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Visit any paper on PubMed, Europe PMC, ScienceDirect, Springer, Wiley, Nature, BMJ, NEJM, JAMA, The Lancet, and most journal sites
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Click the GKS Write toolbar icon
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If detected, all fields are filled automatically — title, authors (abbreviated Vancouver style), journal, year, volume, issue, pages, DOI, PMID
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Click Save to reference library
📌 If a DOI is found but the title is missing, GKS Write automatically looks it up via Crossref and fills everything in.
4. DOI Lookup
If a page can't be auto-detected (e.g. an unsupported site), GKS Write offers manual DOI lookup.
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Click the toolbar icon — if nothing is detected, the "Choose how to add this paper" screen appears
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Click DOI lookup
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Paste the DOI (e.g.
10.1093/stcltm/szad094)4
Click Fetch — Crossref returns the full reference automatically
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Review the fields, then click Save to reference library
5. Manual Entry & PDF Import
Manual entry
Click Manual entry on the "Choose how to add this paper" screen and fill in: Title, Authors, Journal, Year, Volume(Issue), Pages, DOI.
PDF import
Click Upload PDF, choose a PDF file from your computer. GKS Write extracts the DOI from the PDF metadata and looks it up via Crossref to fill all fields automatically.
6. The Write Tab — Generate a Manuscript
Write tab — 5 steps
- Select references — tick which saved references AI may cite
- Document setup — describe your topic, paste target journal name, pick document type (Research Article, Review, Case Report, Thesis Chapter, Grant Proposal etc.) and citation style (Vancouver, APA, Harvard, MLA, Nature, AMA...). Optionally paste the journal's Instructions for Authors (a link, or upload the PDF/TXT), enter word and character limits, and the abstract headings the journal wants.
- Structure — tick the sections you want, and add your own titles (one per line) under Custom titles. The manuscript contains exactly these sections, in this order.
- Figures & tables — optionally upload images to reference later
- AI settings — confirm your AI is configured (see Section 2)
Click ✦ Generate manuscript. The AI writes the draft and switches you to the Editor tab automatically, with citations already inserted from your selected references.
How the manuscript is written NEW
- One section at a time. If you ticked Abstract, Introduction, Methods and Results, the AI writes the Abstract first, then the Introduction, then Methods, then Results — never two sections together. The progress bar shows, for example, "Writing Methods (3 of 4)…".
- Only your sections. A section you did not tick is not written. If the AI adds an extra or repeated section, GKS Write removes it, and if one of your sections is missing it is written afterwards.
- Consistent. Each new section is told briefly what the earlier sections said, so it does not repeat them.
- Headings. Main sections are H2 and sub-sections are H3 (Section 11).
- Short sections such as Acknowledgements are kept short. There is a short pause between sections so free AI plans do not run out of capacity, so a long manuscript takes a few minutes.
💡 To write a section again, tick only that section and generate, then paste the result into your manuscript — or select the text in the Editor and use ✏️ Update.
7. The Editor Toolbar
Editor toolbar — all buttons
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| ↩ Undo / ↪ Redo | Standard undo/redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y). Also works for tracked collaborator changes. |
| H2 H3 | Make the line your cursor is on a main section heading (H2) or a sub-heading (H3) — see Section 11 |
| 📎 Cite | Opens the reference picker — insert one or more citations at the cursor |
| 🔢 Update Order | Renumbers all citations sequentially based on order of appearance in the text |
| ✓ Spell | Runs a spell/grammar check on the manuscript |
| 🔍 Find | Search the manuscript — shows how many matches there are and steps through them |
| ✏️ Update | Select any text, click this — AI rewrites/expands/edits the selection. A snapshot is saved before the change. |
| 🕓 History | Browse and restore previous versions saved automatically before each AI edit |
| 🖼 Figure | Insert an uploaded figure/table at the cursor |
| 📊 Table | Insert a table (choose rows and columns) at the cursor |
| 👥 Collab | Create a collaboration pack to send to a co-author (Section 15) |
| 🔀 Merge | Load a returned collaborator pack for review, or add another collaborator's pack |
| TXT / DOC / PDF | Export the manuscript in these formats (DOC opens in Word/LibreOffice) |
| 📦 Pack | Save your full session (manuscript, references, figures and your letters) as a .gkspack file |
8. Inserting Citations — Single or Multiple
Insert Reference dialog — selecting multiple references
Inserting one or more citations
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Place your cursor where the citation should appear
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Click 📎 Cite
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Search and click a reference — it highlights and stays selected
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Search again for another reference — your first selection is remembered
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Click 📎 Insert — all selected references are inserted together, e.g.
[6,7,14]💡 Citation numbering continues correctly even after closing and reopening a
.gkspack — if your last session ended at [10], the next citation starts at [11].Renumbering citations
If you reorder paragraphs and citation numbers are out of sequence, click 🔢 Update Order to renumber everything based on order of appearance.
9. Viewing Citation Details
Click any citation number in the manuscript (e.g. [6,14,7]) to see full details for every reference in that citation.
Citation tooltip — multiple references
- Each reference shows title, authors, journal, volume/issue/pages, DOI, PMID
- 🔗 Open paper opens the DOI link in a new tab
- ↓ Go to reference list scrolls to the reference list at the bottom of the editor and highlights all matching entries in teal for 2.5 seconds
- Click anywhere outside the tooltip to close it
10. Version History
Every time you click ✏️ Update, GKS Write automatically saves a snapshot of your manuscript before the AI makes changes.
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Click 🕓 History
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Browse the list of saved versions, each labelled with the instruction that triggered it
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Click any version to preview it
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Click Restore to revert the editor to that version
⚠️ Restoring a version replaces your current editor content. Export your current work first with 📦 Pack if you want to keep both.
11. Headings — H2 and H3 NEW
The H2 and H3 buttons in the Editor toolbar work like Heading 2 and Heading 3 in Word. They set the level of the line your cursor is on.
| Button | Use it for | Example |
|---|---|---|
| H2 | A main section | Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion |
| H3 | A sub-heading inside a main section | Study Design, Statistical Analysis (inside Methods) |
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Click anywhere in the line you want to make a heading
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Click H2 or H3
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To undo it, press
Ctrl+ZWhy the levels matter
- Look: an H2 is larger; an H3 is a little smaller and teal. The same sizes are used in your DOC and PDF downloads.
- Outline (Check tab): H2 and H3 headings are listed together, with H3 indented under its H2. Click one to jump to it.
- Word limits (Check tab): words are counted per H2 section. Text under an H3 counts towards its H2.
- Generated manuscripts already use H2 for main sections and H3 for sub-sections. You only need the buttons for text you paste in or sections you add by hand.
💡 If you paste an article that has no headings, mark each main section as H2 first. Otherwise the Check tab counts everything under "(before first heading)".
12. The Check Tab NEW
The Check tab looks over the manuscript in your Editor and shows problems before you submit. It works offline and does not use AI. Click ↻ Refresh after you edit to recount.
Check tab — outline, citation check and journal limits
Outline
Lists every H2 and H3 heading with the number of words under it. Click a heading to jump straight to it in the Editor — handy in a long manuscript.
Citation check
| What it shows | What to do |
|---|---|
| ⚠ References never cited | Cite them, or remove them from the reference list |
| ✕ Citations with no matching reference | The number in the text has no reference behind it — insert the right reference with 📎 Cite |
| ⚠ Placeholder citations | Grey AI hints that are still in the text (when citations are set to manual) — replace each with a real one using 📎 Cite, then delete the hint |
| ⚠ Duplicate references | The same paper added twice (same DOI or title) — remove one |
| ⚠ References without a DOI | Add the DOI in the Library if the journal asks for it |
Journal limits (words)
Shows the word count of every H2 section next to a box where you type the limit from the journal's Instructions for Authors. The row turns "+12 over" or "✓ 9 left" as you type. Your limits are remembered, and the Abstract and Total rows start from the limits you entered in the Write tab. Counts leave out the reference list.
💡 Edit a section, then click ↻ Refresh — the count and the over/left status update straight away.
13. The Letters Tab NEW
The Letters tab uses AI to draft three things researchers write all the time. Pick one at the top:
Letters tab — three modes, with the Evaluator report and its source check
✉ Cover letter
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Fill in the Journal, Editor (optional), Corresponding author, Manuscript title and Article type. Journal, title and type start from what you entered in the Write tab (the title starts from your topic) — change them if needed.
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Optionally write the key message / novelty in your own words.
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Tick the declarations to include: original work, all authors approved, no conflicts of interest, ethical approval.
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Click ✦ Write cover letter. It is written from your abstract (or the start of your manuscript) in the Editor.
Anything the AI does not know — an editor's name, an approval number — is left as a [square-bracket placeholder] for you to fill in. It does not invent facts about the journal or your study.
💬 Reply — response to reviewers
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Paste the reviewers' comments.
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In What you changed / your notes, say what you actually changed. This is optional but strongly recommended.
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Keep Use my manuscript in the Editor as context ticked if you want the reply to be consistent with your text.
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Click ✦ Draft point-by-point response.
Each comment gets a Comment, a courteous Response and a Changes made line. The AI only says a change was made if your notes say so; otherwise it writes what you propose to do and marks it [AUTHOR TO CONFIRM]. Long sets of comments are handled in parts (up to about 18,000 characters at a time — paste a second batch if you have more).
📝 Evaluator — expert evaluation report
For people who evaluate proposals, grant applications, manuscripts, budgets or candidate profiles. You paste the text, and GKS Write drafts a structured report that shows where every point comes from, so you can check it against the original.
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Choose What are you evaluating? — Research proposal, Grant application, Manuscript (peer review), Project budget, Candidate profile / CV, or Other.
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Paste the text to evaluate. There is no length limit — a 16,000-word manuscript is fine. Under the box you see the word count and, for long texts, about how many AI requests it will take.
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Criteria: leave the box empty to use the standard criteria for the type you chose (they appear in grey), or type your own, one per line. Fill them in to edit copies the standard list into the box so you can change it.
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Optionally add a scoring scale (for example 1–5) and your own observations — things you noticed that the report should include.
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Click ✦ Draft evaluation report. For a long text a message tells you how many AI requests it needs and asks you to confirm.
| Type | Standard criteria |
|---|---|
| Research proposal | Relevance and originality · Scientific quality and methodology · Feasibility and timeline · Expected outcomes and impact · Team and resources |
| Grant application | Excellence · Impact · Quality and efficiency of the work plan · Budget justification and value for money · Team and track record |
| Manuscript (peer review) | Originality and significance · Study design and methods · Results and data analysis · Conclusions supported by the data · Clarity, structure and references · Ethics and reporting standards |
| Project budget | Alignment with objectives and work plan · Justification of each cost category · Realism of costs and value for money · Eligibility and compliance · Sustainability and risks |
| Candidate profile / CV | Qualifications and relevant experience · Research output and track record · Fit with the role or call · Leadership and collaboration · Potential and future plans |
📌 These lists are a sensible starting point, not an official funder form. If your call has its own criteria, type them in.
What the report contains
A summary, an assessment of each criterion (a suggested score if you gave a scale, then strengths and weaknesses), overall strengths, overall weaknesses and risks, recommendations, and a conclusion. Scores and the final recommendation are labelled "suggested — evaluator to confirm". If the text does not give enough to judge something, the report says "Not stated in the material provided" instead of guessing.
Checking where each point comes from
GKS Write numbers every paragraph of your pasted text (P1, P2, P3…) and the report ends each point with the paragraph it relies on, for example [P12].
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Click 🔗 Check sources under the report. Each tag becomes a clickable chip.
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Click a chip such as P12 — the original paragraph opens, with the quoted words highlighted. Use ◀ ▶ to read the paragraphs before and after, and ✕ to close it.
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When the report quotes your text, GKS Write checks the quote itself: a green ✓ means those exact words are in that paragraph; an amber ⚠ means they are not, so check it.
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Click ✎ Edit to go back to editing the report.
⚠️ The AI chooses the paragraph tags. A ✓ shows that a quotation is real, not that the point is fair. Always read the paragraph before you rely on a statement.
Making the report longer or more detailed
Open Make it longer or add your own lines above the report.
| Detail level | What you get |
|---|---|
| Keep the same length | Refresh only improves wording and flow — a one-line weakness stays about one line |
| More detailed | Each strength, weakness and recommendation becomes 2–4 sentences, with the reason and its consequence |
| Very detailed | Each point becomes a full paragraph: what the issue is, why it matters, and what would fix it |
- Your instruction — type what you want, for example "Explain each weakness in a full paragraph with an example from the text".
- ↻ Refresh with my edits rewrites the whole report using your edits, your observations, the detail level and your instruction.
- ✦ Expand selected text expands only the passage you select. Press ✎ Edit, select a line in the report box, then click it. The AI is given the source paragraphs your tags point to, so extra detail comes from your text. Press
Ctrl+Zto undo. (For Expand, "Keep the same length" works like "More detailed".)
Adding your own lines
Type your point in Add your own line and click + Add. It is inserted below the line where your cursor was and starts with ». The AI is told to keep » lines word for word, and if it ever drops one, GKS Write puts it back at the end and tells you. You can also type » at the start of any line you write yourself.
Copying and downloading
- 📋 Copy clean copies the report without the [P#] tags and » marks — use this for the final version.
- 📋 Copy, DOC and TXT keep the tags and marks, so you can still check sources later.
Long texts, requests and stopping
- Up to about 6,000 characters the AI reads the text in one go. A longer text is read in parts, each part is noted, and the report is written from the notes. A 16,000-word manuscript takes roughly 30 or more AI requests and several minutes.
- Click ■ Stop at any time. Press Draft again to continue — parts already read are kept.
- Free plan: 30 AI requests a day. For very long texts use your own API key (Option A) or Pro.
🔒 Confidentiality. Nothing is uploaded as a file, but the text you paste is sent to the AI provider you use. Many funders and journals forbid sharing confidential proposals, budgets or manuscripts with AI tools. Check the rules first, and remove names if needed.
Saving your letters
Your letters, your pasted evaluation text and its source paragraphs are all saved in the .gkspack file when you click 📦 Pack, and restored when you open it (Section 14).
14. .gkspack Files — Save & Restore Sessions
A .gkspack file is a complete snapshot of your work: manuscript content, document settings, citation style, your entire reference library, your uploaded figures and tables, and everything in the Letters tab — cover letter, reply and evaluation report drafts, the text you pasted, and the source paragraphs for the evaluator's source check.
Saving
Click 📦 Pack in the editor toolbar. A file named gks-session.gkspack downloads.
Restoring
- Drag the
.gkspackfile anywhere onto the editor area, or - Use the 📂 Open Pack button in the header at the top of GKS Write
Your manuscript, references, citation numbering and letters are all restored exactly as you left them. A pack saved with an older version of GKS Write has no letters in it — open the session, write or paste the letter again, and save a new pack.
| Plan | .gkspack downloads | Devices |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 30 per month | 1 device |
| Pro ⭐ | Unlimited | Unlimited |
📌 Without a
.gkspack backup, your library and manuscript cannot be transferred to another device. Free users get 30 downloads/month — about one per day.15. Collaboration — Sending to a Co-Author
Collaboration setup dialog
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Open your manuscript in the Editor tab
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Click 👥 Collab
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Enter the collaborator's name (e.g. "Dr. Smith")
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Pick a colour for their edits
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Click 📦 Create Collab Pack — downloads
collab-dr-smith.gkspack6
Email this file to Dr. Smith
16. Collaboration — Editing as a Collaborator
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Dr. Smith installs GKS Write (free) and opens
collab-dr-smith.gkspack (drag into editor or 📂 Open Pack)2
A welcome modal appears: "You are a collaborator — your edits recorded in Blue"
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Clicks Start Editing → — status bar shows "✏️ Track Changes ON — Dr. Smith"
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Edits the manuscript normally
Tracked changes — additions and deletions in collaborator's colour
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Text added appears with their colour background + underline; text deleted appears with strikethrough (still visible, not removed)
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Citations inserted while editing also appear in their colour
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↩ Undo / ↪ Redo work normally even with tracked changes
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When done, click 📦 Pack — downloads
collab-dr-smith-edited.gkspack9
Email this file back to the author
17. Collaboration — Reviewing Changes
Review bar and accept/reject
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Open
collab-dr-smith-edited.gkspack — the file Dr. Smith sent back2
A review bar appears: "● Reviewing Dr. Smith's changes — 12 changes to review"
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Click any coloured text → flashes green → accepted (text stays, colour removed)
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Right-click any coloured text → flashes red → rejected (addition removed / deletion restored)
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Or use ✅ Accept All / ❌ Reject All for everything at once
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Click Done when finished, then 📦 Pack to save the clean manuscript
18. Merging Multiple Collaborators
If you sent the manuscript to two or more co-authors, you can review all of their changes together.
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Open the first collaborator's edited pack normally — review bar shows their colour
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Click 🔀 Merge and select the second collaborator's edited pack
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Their changes appear in their own colour. Review bar updates: "● ● Reviewing 2 collaborators' changes"
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Click 🔀 Merge again to add a third collaborator if needed
When two collaborators edit the same paragraph
Conflict — both versions shown side by side
- Click anywhere in a version's block → that whole version is accepted (clean text, no colours), the other version disappears
- Right-click a version → that version is discarded. If only one version remains, it is automatically accepted
- You can also click individual coloured words/letters inside a version if you want finer control
⚠️ Only packs returned by a collaborator (containing tracked changes) can be used with 🔀 Merge. A regular
gks-session.gkspack cannot be merged — it has no tracked changes.19. Free vs Pro
| Feature | Free | Pro ⭐ |
|---|---|---|
| Reference library & capture | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI writing (manuscript, letters, evaluator) | ✅ Own key (no GKS limit), or 30 requests a day | ✅ Priority, 300 requests a day |
| Check tab (outline, citation check, limits) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Citation styles (Vancouver, APA, Harvard, MLA...) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Collaboration & track changes | ✅ | ✅ |
| .gkspack downloads | 30/month | Unlimited |
| Devices | 1 | Unlimited |
| API key required | Optional | Not needed |
See Pricing for current plans and to activate a license key.
20. Frequently Asked Questions
Why does it say "Could not read this page automatically"?
This appears on pages GKS Write cannot recognise as a journal article (e.g. search results pages, Google Scholar listing pages, non-academic sites). Open the actual paper's page, or use DOI lookup if you know the DOI.
My citation only shows one reference even though I inserted [6,14,7]
Click directly on the citation number — the tooltip shows ALL references in that citation with full details for each, not just the first one. If you're on an older version, update to 1.1.5 or later.
After reopening a .gkspack, new citations start from [1] again
This is fixed in current versions — GKS Write scans the existing citations in the manuscript when a pack is loaded and continues numbering from where you left off (e.g. starts at [11] if [1]-[10] already exist).
🔀 Merge says "This is not a collaboration pack"
You selected the wrong file. Only packs returned by a collaborator after editing (e.g.
collab-dr-smith-edited.gkspack) contain tracked changes and can be merged. The original pack you sent, or your own regular gks-session.gkspack, cannot be merged.I can't select multiple files when clicking 🔀 Merge
You don't need to select multiple files at once. Click 🔀 Merge, pick the first collaborator's pack. Once it's loaded, click 🔀 Merge again and pick the second collaborator's pack. Repeat for each additional collaborator.
Undo/Redo doesn't work while editing a collaboration pack
GKS Write maintains a separate undo/redo history for tracked-changes mode so collaborator edits can always be undone with Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y or the ↩ Undo / ↪ Redo buttons, independent of the browser's native undo.
Do I need my own AI API key?
No — Option B in Settings lets you use GKS Write without any key on the free plan, with 30 AI requests a day. Option A (your own free Gemini or Groq key) has no GKS daily limit — only your provider's own free limits — and is the best choice for long texts. Option C (Pro) removes the need for a key and allows 300 requests a day.
Where are my references and manuscript stored?
Your references, manuscripts and letters are stored locally in your browser. Text leaves your computer only when you click an AI action (Generate, Update, Spell, Letters). With Option A it goes directly to the AI provider you chose. With Option B or C it goes through the GKS Write service, which keeps a random device ID and simple usage counts (date, action, word count) — not your manuscript text. The AI provider processes the text under its own terms. See our Privacy Policy.
The "DOC" download opens as HTML — is that correct?
Yes. The file is HTML formatted but saved with a
.doc extension, which Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs all open directly with full formatting (headings, citations, tables) preserved.Can I use GKS Write on Chrome, Edge, or Firefox Android?
Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome on desktop are supported. Edge and Chrome have no GKS Write sidebar, so there it opens in a normal browser tab (click the toolbar icon, then Open full library →). Firefox for Android does not support the sidebar feature this extension relies on.
How do I increase my .gkspack download limit?
Free accounts get 30 downloads per month on one device. Upgrading to Pro (Option C in Settings) removes this limit entirely and allows unlimited devices. See Pricing.
It says "GKS Write AI is being updated right now"
The GKS Write AI service could not be reached for a moment — it may be updating, or your connection may be down. Your library, Editor, Cite, Find and Check tab all still work, so keep working: paste your article into the Editor. Try the AI again in a few minutes, or use Option A with your own key.
My manuscript has fewer sections than I expected
GKS Write writes exactly the sections you tick in the Write tab (Structure) plus any custom titles. Tick the extra sections, or add them as custom titles, and generate again.
In the evaluation report, what does "⚠ quote not found" mean?
The report quoted words that are not in the paragraph it points to. Click the chip to open that paragraph and read it. The quotation may be slightly reworded, or the AI may have picked the wrong paragraph number — fix the report or delete that point. A green ✓ only proves the quotation exists in the paragraph; it does not prove the AI's point is fair, so always read the paragraph.
The evaluator needs many AI requests. How can I reduce them?
Long texts are read in parts, so a 16,000-word manuscript needs 30 or more requests. Options: use your own API key (Option A) or Pro; paste only the key sections (for example the aims, methods and budget); or click ■ Stop and continue later — parts already read are kept, so pressing Draft again carries on.
How do I make a weakness longer, or add my own point, in the evaluation report?
Open Make it longer or add your own lines above the report. Choose More detailed or Very detailed, then either click ↻ Refresh with my edits for the whole report, or press ✎ Edit, select just one line and click ✦ Expand selected text. To add your own point, type it in Add your own line and click + Add — lines that start with » are kept word for word.
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