[axiomcrs]

I have a rather large document with over 2500 footnotes and various hyperlinks and each page containing a number. Somehow all of these have changed for the worse. The footnotes now are no longer simply numbered starting at 1 for each page. The text for each footnote is correct and choosing the menu option to Go To Footnote works. The problem is the superscript appears as a strange character. It looks like an empty box. The first footnote on the page gets 1 empty box and second footnote gets 2 empty boxes. Attempting to renumber the footnotes using numbers does nothing. The empty boxes don't change to numbers. The document was created and is modified in Word 2003, but the same effect appears in Word 2010, albeit, with different characters.

Just in case this is helpful in solving the footnote issue, a similar issue is occurring with hyperlinks and the bottom of the page page numbers as footer. The hyperlinks now look like this: HYPERLINK "http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com" http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com . This posting shows the previous sentence with the hyperlink appearing in blue. In the document, the hyperlink does not appear in blue. The strange characters are, 2 exclamation points preceding the word HYPERLINK and a paragraph symbol appearing between .com and http, and an upside down T after the second .com. These special characters do not show up after I cut and pasted from the document. The footer page numbers also are not correct. They look like this: - PAGE 11 - with the same special characters added in just like the hyperlinks.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

When characters appear as empty boxes, the cause could be a damaged font,
although I would expect Word to replace the missing font with some other,
available font. Are the footnote symbols supposed to be numeric characters
or symbols such as †?

The other "issue" is a lot more straightforward, fortunately. You are seeing
field codes instead of field results. Press Alt+F9 to redisplay field
results (meaning hyperlinks instead of HYPERLINK field codes and page
numbers instead of PAGE number fields).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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I have a rather large document with over 2500 footnotes and various
hyperlinks and each page containing a number. Somehow all of these have
changed for the worse. The footnotes now are no longer simply numbered
starting at 1 for each page. The text for each footnote is correct and
choosing the menu option to Go To Footnote works. The problem is the
superscript appears as a strange character. It looks like an empty box.
The first footnote on the page gets 1 empty box and second footnote
gets 2 empty boxes. Attempting to renumber the footnotes using numbers
does nothing. The empty boxes don't change to numbers. The document
was created and is modified in Word 2003, but the same effect appears in
Word 2010, albeit, with different characters.

Just in case this is helpful in solving the footnote issue, a similar
issue is occurring with hyperlinks and the bottom of the page page
numbers as footer. The hyperlinks now look like this: HYPERLINK
"http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com" http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com .
This posting shows the previous sentence with the hyperlink appearing in
blue. In the document, the hyperlink does not appear in blue. The
strange characters are, 2 exclamation points preceding the word
HYPERLINK and a paragraph symbol appearing between .com and http, and an
upside down T after the second .com. These special characters do not
show up after I cut and pasted from the document. The footer page
numbers also are not correct. They look like this: - PAGE 11 - with the
same special characters added in just like the hyperlinks.




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axiomcrs

[axiomcrs]

I tried Alt+F9 but it didn't fix anything. The footnote symbols are supposed to be numeric characters.

Originally Posted by Stefan Blom[_3_]

When characters appear as empty boxes, the cause could be a damaged font,
although I would expect Word to replace the missing font with some other,
available font. Are the footnote symbols supposed to be numeric characters
or symbols such as †?

The other "issue" is a lot more straightforward, fortunately. You are seeing
field codes instead of field results. Press Alt+F9 to redisplay field
results (meaning hyperlinks instead of HYPERLINK field codes and page
numbers instead of PAGE number fields).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"axiomcrs" wrote in message
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I have a rather large document with over 2500 footnotes and various
hyperlinks and each page containing a number. Somehow all of these have
changed for the worse. The footnotes now are no longer simply numbered
starting at 1 for each page. The text for each footnote is correct and
choosing the menu option to Go To Footnote works. The problem is the
superscript appears as a strange character. It looks like an empty box.
The first footnote on the page gets 1 empty box and second footnote
gets 2 empty boxes. Attempting to renumber the footnotes using numbers
does nothing. The empty boxes don't change to numbers. The document
was created and is modified in Word 2003, but the same effect appears in
Word 2010, albeit, with different characters.

Just in case this is helpful in solving the footnote issue, a similar
issue is occurring with hyperlinks and the bottom of the page page
numbers as footer. The hyperlinks now look like this: HYPERLINK
"http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com" http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com .
This posting shows the previous sentence with the hyperlink appearing in
blue. In the document, the hyperlink does not appear in blue. The
strange characters are, 2 exclamation points preceding the word
HYPERLINK and a paragraph symbol appearing between .com and http, and an
upside down T after the second .com. These special characters do not
show up after I cut and pasted from the document. The footer page
numbers also are not correct. They look like this: - PAGE 11 - with the
same special characters added in just like the hyperlinks.




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axiomcrs

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

If you are seeing (for example) { HYPERLINK "www.microsoft.com" } instead of
a hyperlink and { PAGE } instead of a page number, then you do have field
codes displayed. If the shortcut Alt+F9 isn't working, turn off the display
of field codes at File tab | Options | Advanced.

The footnote issue is different, though. If you create footnotes in a new,
blank document, then do they work?

Have you tried copying the content of the problem document into a new
document? When you attempt this, select everything except for the final
paragraph mark (¶).

To see paragraph marks as well as other nonprinting marks, click the ¶
button on the Home tab.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





"axiomcrs" wrote in message
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I tried Alt+F9 but it didn't fix anything. The footnote symbols are
supposed to be numeric characters.


'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:
;495440']When characters appear as empty boxes, the cause could be a
damaged font,
although I would expect Word to replace the missing font with some
other,
available font. Are the footnote symbols supposed to be numeric
characters
or symbols such as †?

The other "issue" is a lot more straightforward, fortunately. You are
seeing
field codes instead of field results. Press Alt+F9 to redisplay field
results (meaning hyperlinks instead of HYPERLINK field codes and page
numbers instead of PAGE number fields).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"axiomcrs" wrote in message
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I have a rather large document with over 2500 footnotes and various
hyperlinks and each page containing a number. Somehow all of these
have
changed for the worse. The footnotes now are no longer simply
numbered
starting at 1 for each page. The text for each footnote is correct
and
choosing the menu option to Go To Footnote works. The problem is the
superscript appears as a strange character. It looks like an empty
box.
The first footnote on the page gets 1 empty box and second footnote
gets 2 empty boxes. Attempting to renumber the footnotes using
numbers
does nothing. The empty boxes don't change to numbers. The document
was created and is modified in Word 2003, but the same effect appears
in
Word 2010, albeit, with different characters.

Just in case this is helpful in solving the footnote issue, a similar
issue is occurring with hyperlinks and the bottom of the page page
numbers as footer. The hyperlinks now look like this: HYPERLINK
"http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com" http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com .
This posting shows the previous sentence with the hyperlink appearing
in
blue. In the document, the hyperlink does not appear in blue. The
strange characters are, 2 exclamation points preceding the word
HYPERLINK and a paragraph symbol appearing between .com and http, and
an
upside down T after the second .com. These special characters do not
show up after I cut and pasted from the document. The footer page
numbers also are not correct. They look like this: - PAGE 11 - with
the
same special characters added in just like the hyperlinks.




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