Formatted citations are Word "fields" specific to the version of Word that created them and the other compatible versions (Word 2007, 2010, and 2013 2008 and 2011 ).
If you open your document with a different version of Word, or use the Save As command to save a formatted copy of your paper in another format, you may lose the ability to format citations in that document.
If you plan to use your document with a different word processor, a different version of Microsoft Word, or on a Windows Macintosh machine, you should either Unformat Citations or Remove Field Codes (Convert to Plain Text) from the Word file before converting the document to the other file format.
Unformatting Citations: Unformatted citations are regular text; however, they are temporary placeholders that do not reflect final output. See Unformatting Citations. You may be able to unformat citations, save the document as an RTF file, and use Format Paper to format citations from these placeholders.
Removing Field Codes: When you remove field codes, you save a copy of the document and convert formatted fields to regular formatted text. Graphics are no longer linked, but are saved as though you had used the Copy and Paste commands. The copy reflects final, formatted output, but you cannot reformat later. See Removing Field Codes.
Note: Cite While You Write codes are directly compatible between Word 2007, 2010, and 2013Word 2008 and 2011 . Because reference data is kept with each formatted citation, you can collaborate with other authors on a paper without each author having the same EndNote library. Figure citations from a Word 2008 or 2011 document are ignored when the file is opened or saved in an older version file format.
For information about using your Word document with OpenOffice.org Writer, see Moving Documents between Word and Writer .
For information about using your Word document with Apple iWork Pages, see Moving Documents between Word and Pages .