# Integration Jabref LO and Edit track

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644 "2022-11-23T17:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ecapoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ecapoe](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Ecapoe)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/1 "2022-11-23T17:30:20Z")

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Hello.  
I upgraded Jabref to the latest version 5.7 and since then, integration with LO goes wrong if I track changes in the text.

I get this error message:  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/2X/1/1b88405b82efecefc0a674c6b9e6e8795f9cabef.png)

Cannot work with Edit track changes turned on.  
… Use manage to solve them.

Which is not possible if I want to keep the track info on a work document.

I updated LO to 7.4.2 but it did not help. I work on LUbuntu and downloaded Linux deb version.  
The error did not exist in previous Jabref versions.  
Any possible help ?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/2 "2022-11-24T18:19:39Z")

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would you mind creating a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/new/choose) for this bug/regression?

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**Author:** ![Ecapoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ecapoe](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Ecapoe)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/3 "2022-11-25T08:20:20Z")

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Hello,

Done. I just posted a github/Jabref issue.

Regards.

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/4 "2022-11-26T09:53:06Z")

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> <https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9403>
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> \### JabRef version
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> 5.7 (latest release)
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> \### Operating system
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> GNU / Linux
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> \###… Details on version and operating system
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> Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS, LibreOffice 7.2 and 7.4
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> \### Checked with the latest development build
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> \- \[X\] I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
> \- \[X\] I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists
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> \### Steps to reproduce the behaviour
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> 1. Open jabref, Open Libre Office
> 2. Link the text to the database (text either odt or docx Word 2007-365)
> 3. Use of "cite" to insert a citation gives an error message: 
> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/119007298/203933299-672f04a4-aff3-4430-b4ca-2bd06efd2203.png)
> 4. Upgrade to LO 7.4.2 did not resolve the problem
> 5. Use of JabRef dev version 6.8 did not solve the problem
> 6. The error started when I upgraded to Jabref 5.7, The integration worked perfectly before.
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> \### Appendix
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**Author:** ![Ecapoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ecapoe](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Ecapoe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/5 "2023-01-16T16:46:33Z")

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Hello,

Just a check. Problem remains after upgrading Jabref to 5.9

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/6 "2023-01-16T18:19:22Z")

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Thank you for your feedback. There was a big rewrite of the LibreOffice/OpenOffice related code in JabRef 5.7. The person responsible for the code unfortunately is not actively involved in JabRef’s development anymore and other core developers currently have set themselves different priorities (Please don’t shoot the messenger. My personal coding capabilities are very very low). JabRef developers often (but not always) follow the strategy of having rewrites of larger parts of the code at once. Switching from one context to the other takes time. I assume, fixing this issue probably requires a good understanding of LibreOffice/OpenOffice related code, otherwise somebody might have fixed it already.

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**Author:** ![Ecapoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ecapoe](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Ecapoe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/integration-jabref-lo-and-edit-track/3644/7 "2023-01-16T18:27:33Z")

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Thanks for the answer. I started to wonder whether I was the only one to have this problem, which btw seems to me a major issue that may prevent the use of Jabref.  
In the meanwhile I guess I’ll have to downgrade to 5.6, if possible.