Zotero 8 unlinking references in OpenDocument

I've updated to Zotero 8. Since then, I've been having problems with references in my .odt Open Documents running on Word. I created a new version of my document that had all references properly linked to Zotero, I saved it, and when I opened it again, it had unlinked everything. I added two new references and they became references 1 and 2. I refreshed the bibliography and it only showed the two new references. The old bibliography became simple text.

When I open a previous version and hit Refresh, it says I need to add a citation before using that. Where did all my links go? The plain text is not being updated.

Is there a specific way I need to save my document? Is this a problem with the .odt format? Are .doc and .docx documents still working with Zotero 8?
  • adomasven Zotero Team
    If you're working with Word, you should save as .doc or .docx. .odt file format with Word is not supported, as the format doesn't support the Word Fields which are used to store Zotero citation data in the document.
  • Thank you! That will be the solution. I think Zoteto 7 dealt well with .odt documents in Word, but using .docx documents will work.
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