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Footnotes in Word 2003
I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying
option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard |
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Footnotes in Word 2003
Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "mpt" wrote in message news:5zc5f.256289$084.245915@attbi_s22... I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard |
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Footnotes in Word 2003
If he does, under Tools there should an entry for EndNote (or RefMan or
ProCite), with its own submenu. Except I really don't think EndNote hijacks the Insert Footnote command, and I don't think that's how it works. Maybe a similar program, as you say. But this is certainly not a function built into Word. Richard, how are you trying to create a footnote? What happens when you use Insert | Footnote? What did you do to disable this template? And what version of Word? It's possible his keyboard shortcut may have been hijacked. On 10/18/05 3:28 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed? "mpt" wrote in message news:5zc5f.256289$084.245915@attbi_s22... I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Footnotes in Word 2003
Thanks Susan and Daiya,
I hunted down the offending "Academic" (or whatever it is called) module or file by a process I cannot now recall, then deleted it. I'd get the VB debug/end window but selecting end got me to the footnote. Now no footnote option. However, in looking at this further I don't think that that little "fix" is the problem. When I select Insert-- Reference -- Footnote the debug window opens and when I select debug I see this portion of the insert footnote macro" Sub Insertfootnote() 'First, make sure IP is in a valid location to insert footnote If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then MsgBox "Insertion Point (IP) can not be in a frame or textbox" & vbCrLf _ & "when inserting a footnote." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _ & "Please place the IP in the text of the document where you " & vbCrLf _ & "want to insert the note reference mark and try again.", vbInformation, "Footnote Wizard" End Else etc. "If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then" is highlighted in yellow, from which I conclude that Word 2003 thinks that my insertion point is in a frame or text box, which, to my knowledge, it most certainly is not. Opening a blank document and inserting a footnote without doing one other thing to the doct does not work. Also trying to insert one in a blank document into which the text from the original offending doct has been pasted (crtl-V) results in the debug/cancel window's appearing and same error message. Any ideas, please? Reinstall? Richard "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . If he does, under Tools there should an entry for EndNote (or RefMan or ProCite), with its own submenu. Except I really don't think EndNote hijacks the Insert Footnote command, and I don't think that's how it works. Maybe a similar program, as you say. But this is certainly not a function built into Word. Richard, how are you trying to create a footnote? What happens when you use Insert | Footnote? What did you do to disable this template? And what version of Word? It's possible his keyboard shortcut may have been hijacked. On 10/18/05 3:28 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed? "mpt" wrote in message news:5zc5f.256289$084.245915@attbi_s22... I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Footnotes in Word 2003
No, don't reinstall.
If you have a macro named InsertFootnote, then it is hijacking the default InsertFootnote command. If you rename (or delete) that macro, then the regular Insert | Footnote should work fine. Most people don't have an InsertFootnote macro. If a macro is given exactly the same name as a menu command, then that menu command calls the macro instead. Sounds like that is what is happening to you. Don't know what's up with the macro, but since you appear to have deleted the thing it calls, don't worry about it. On 10/19/05 9:10 AM, "mpt" wrote: Thanks Susan and Daiya, I hunted down the offending "Academic" (or whatever it is called) module or file by a process I cannot now recall, then deleted it. I'd get the VB debug/end window but selecting end got me to the footnote. Now no footnote option. However, in looking at this further I don't think that that little "fix" is the problem. When I select Insert-- Reference -- Footnote the debug window opens and when I select debug I see this portion of the insert footnote macro" Sub Insertfootnote() 'First, make sure IP is in a valid location to insert footnote If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then MsgBox "Insertion Point (IP) can not be in a frame or textbox" & vbCrLf _ & "when inserting a footnote." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _ & "Please place the IP in the text of the document where you " & vbCrLf _ & "want to insert the note reference mark and try again.", vbInformation, "Footnote Wizard" End Else etc. "If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then" is highlighted in yellow, from which I conclude that Word 2003 thinks that my insertion point is in a frame or text box, which, to my knowledge, it most certainly is not. Opening a blank document and inserting a footnote without doing one other thing to the doct does not work. Also trying to insert one in a blank document into which the text from the original offending doct has been pasted (crtl-V) results in the debug/cancel window's appearing and same error message. Any ideas, please? Reinstall? Richard "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . If he does, under Tools there should an entry for EndNote (or RefMan or ProCite), with its own submenu. Except I really don't think EndNote hijacks the Insert Footnote command, and I don't think that's how it works. Maybe a similar program, as you say. But this is certainly not a function built into Word. Richard, how are you trying to create a footnote? What happens when you use Insert | Footnote? What did you do to disable this template? And what version of Word? It's possible his keyboard shortcut may have been hijacked. On 10/18/05 3:28 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed? "mpt" wrote in message news:5zc5f.256289$084.245915@attbi_s22... I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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That did it! It was an artifact of that mysterious routine that told me how
to do AA+ academic footnotes. The macro called "frmFootNoteWiz.Show," which document I was able to find somehow and delete or rename. I never could figure out where that came from. It did it on my office Word 2000 (?) too. Thank you so much. Richard "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . No, don't reinstall. If you have a macro named InsertFootnote, then it is hijacking the default InsertFootnote command. If you rename (or delete) that macro, then the regular Insert | Footnote should work fine. Most people don't have an InsertFootnote macro. If a macro is given exactly the same name as a menu command, then that menu command calls the macro instead. Sounds like that is what is happening to you. Don't know what's up with the macro, but since you appear to have deleted the thing it calls, don't worry about it. On 10/19/05 9:10 AM, "mpt" wrote: Thanks Susan and Daiya, I hunted down the offending "Academic" (or whatever it is called) module or file by a process I cannot now recall, then deleted it. I'd get the VB debug/end window but selecting end got me to the footnote. Now no footnote option. However, in looking at this further I don't think that that little "fix" is the problem. When I select Insert-- Reference -- Footnote the debug window opens and when I select debug I see this portion of the insert footnote macro" Sub Insertfootnote() 'First, make sure IP is in a valid location to insert footnote If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then MsgBox "Insertion Point (IP) can not be in a frame or textbox" & vbCrLf _ & "when inserting a footnote." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _ & "Please place the IP in the text of the document where you " & vbCrLf _ & "want to insert the note reference mark and try again.", vbInformation, "Footnote Wizard" End Else etc. "If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then" is highlighted in yellow, from which I conclude that Word 2003 thinks that my insertion point is in a frame or text box, which, to my knowledge, it most certainly is not. Opening a blank document and inserting a footnote without doing one other thing to the doct does not work. Also trying to insert one in a blank document into which the text from the original offending doct has been pasted (crtl-V) results in the debug/cancel window's appearing and same error message. Any ideas, please? Reinstall? Richard "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . If he does, under Tools there should an entry for EndNote (or RefMan or ProCite), with its own submenu. Except I really don't think EndNote hijacks the Insert Footnote command, and I don't think that's how it works. Maybe a similar program, as you say. But this is certainly not a function built into Word. Richard, how are you trying to create a footnote? What happens when you use Insert | Footnote? What did you do to disable this template? And what version of Word? It's possible his keyboard shortcut may have been hijacked. On 10/18/05 3:28 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed? "mpt" wrote in message news:5zc5f.256289$084.245915@attbi_s22... I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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Footnotes in Word 2003
Glad you sorted it. I had no idea there was ever a footnote wizard, whether
part of Word or not. On 10/19/05 11:42 AM, "mpt" wrote: That did it! It was an artifact of that mysterious routine that told me how to do AA+ academic footnotes. The macro called "frmFootNoteWiz.Show," which document I was able to find somehow and delete or rename. I never could figure out where that came from. It did it on my office Word 2000 (?) too. Thank you so much. Richard "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . No, don't reinstall. If you have a macro named InsertFootnote, then it is hijacking the default InsertFootnote command. If you rename (or delete) that macro, then the regular Insert | Footnote should work fine. Most people don't have an InsertFootnote macro. If a macro is given exactly the same name as a menu command, then that menu command calls the macro instead. Sounds like that is what is happening to you. Don't know what's up with the macro, but since you appear to have deleted the thing it calls, don't worry about it. On 10/19/05 9:10 AM, "mpt" wrote: Thanks Susan and Daiya, I hunted down the offending "Academic" (or whatever it is called) module or file by a process I cannot now recall, then deleted it. I'd get the VB debug/end window but selecting end got me to the footnote. Now no footnote option. However, in looking at this further I don't think that that little "fix" is the problem. When I select Insert-- Reference -- Footnote the debug window opens and when I select debug I see this portion of the insert footnote macro" Sub Insertfootnote() 'First, make sure IP is in a valid location to insert footnote If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then MsgBox "Insertion Point (IP) can not be in a frame or textbox" & vbCrLf _ & "when inserting a footnote." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _ & "Please place the IP in the text of the document where you " & vbCrLf _ & "want to insert the note reference mark and try again.", vbInformation, "Footnote Wizard" End Else etc. "If Selection.ShapeRange.Count 0 Then" is highlighted in yellow, from which I conclude that Word 2003 thinks that my insertion point is in a frame or text box, which, to my knowledge, it most certainly is not. Opening a blank document and inserting a footnote without doing one other thing to the doct does not work. Also trying to insert one in a blank document into which the text from the original offending doct has been pasted (crtl-V) results in the debug/cancel window's appearing and same error message. Any ideas, please? Reinstall? Richard "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . If he does, under Tools there should an entry for EndNote (or RefMan or ProCite), with its own submenu. Except I really don't think EndNote hijacks the Insert Footnote command, and I don't think that's how it works. Maybe a similar program, as you say. But this is certainly not a function built into Word. Richard, how are you trying to create a footnote? What happens when you use Insert | Footnote? What did you do to disable this template? And what version of Word? It's possible his keyboard shortcut may have been hijacked. On 10/18/05 3:28 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed? "mpt" wrote in message news:5zc5f.256289$084.245915@attbi_s22... I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote entry area and enter my text without assistance. I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all. Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla footnotes, please? Richard |
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