The citations in my doc are all static text and not linked to the sources. How do I change this so that they are? I have only just started the doc so don't need to change any past entries, just need to alter the set-up. Each time I go to enter a reference, it simply appears as static text. Likewise, when I create a bibliography, it immediately appears as static text (i.e. there is no update option).

Thanks

If the document has been opened & saved in Word 2003 or earlier, or if it is saved in the .doc format rather than in the docx or docm formats, all citations & bibliographies will be converted to static text. Unless you've disabled it, the compatibility checker will warn you of the latter.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

I have just saved it as a .docx and still the reference function doesn't work properly. How can I enable linked citations so they are not produced as static text? Many thanks for your help.

Simply re-saving in the docx format a document that had been saved in the doc format won't restore the citations & bibliography - they'll have been converted to static text and will now have to be recreated. Thankfully, though, when you create a reference entry, Word stores a copy in another file, so you won't have to recreate the actual references; you can simply copy them from the master list back into your document.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Hi sorry I though I had edited the response - the function is now working fine. I didn't have any past citations to convert, just needed it working for future ones. Thanks so much for your help!