# Citation fields wiped out after closing document

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/citation-fields-wiped-out-after-closing-document/2331>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** entry-editor\
**Created:** [September 28, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/citation-fields-wiped-out-after-closing-document/2331 "2020-09-28T14:05:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gigiux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/gigiux/32/755_2.png) [@Gigiux](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Gigiux)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/citation-fields-wiped-out-after-closing-document/2331/1 "2020-09-28T14:05:59Z")

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Hello,  
I have installed JabRef 5.1 and I am using it with LibreOffice 7. I managed to insert the citations and all worked well. But when I re-opened the document, all the citation fields have been converted in plain text, thus I have lost all that I inserted and I need to re-insert all the references?  
Why has this happened? Can I keep the Jabref fields in an L.O. document?  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/citation-fields-wiped-out-after-closing-document/2331/2 "2020-09-28T15:12:42Z")

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Hi,  
Are you saving in the native odt format or are your saving in another format? (e.g. doc/docx)  
It might also be an issue with version 7. We did not yet test with LO version 7.

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**Author:** ![Gigiux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/gigiux/32/755_2.png) [@Gigiux](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Gigiux)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/citation-fields-wiped-out-after-closing-document/2331/3 "2020-09-29T08:12:24Z")

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Thank you, that was it. The document was a docx, now as an odt it stores the fields correctly,