field not updating

I’m gradually switching over from MS Word to LibreOffice. In many of my MS Word docs the filename + path field does not update in LibreOffice, neither manually nor automatically. What can I do?

In many of my MS Word docs …

If you are really using .doc formatted files, that might be the cause of the problem. If you intend to switch to LibreOffice my advise would be: Intend with the same motivation to switch to LibreOffice’s native ODF format.