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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
Hi All,
I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt |
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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote
to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted material, there are defined ways to handle this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... Hi All, I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt |
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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
On Jan 17, 11:02*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted material, there are defined ways to handle this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... Hi All, I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt Essentially, something like this: This is a sentence in my main document [1]. [1] This is the first footnote [2]. [2] This is the second footnote. That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to be able to insert a footnote into a footnote. It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to add the ability. All the best, pt |
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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to
footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just add to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses or brackets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... On Jan 17, 11:02 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted material, there are defined ways to handle this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... Hi All, I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt Essentially, something like this: This is a sentence in my main document [1]. [1] This is the first footnote [2]. [2] This is the second footnote. That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to be able to insert a footnote into a footnote. It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to add the ability. All the best, pt |
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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
On Jan 17, 12:48*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just add to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses or brackets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... On Jan 17, 11:02 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted material, there are defined ways to handle this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... Hi All, I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt Essentially, something like this: This is a sentence in my main document [1]. [1] This is the first footnote [2]. [2] This is the second footnote. That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to be able to insert a footnote into a footnote. It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to add the ability. All the best, pt Hi Suzanne, I don't doubt that there are protocols for how to handle footnotes, particularly in business or technical documents. The footnoting I'm trying to achieve comes from fiction writing, and can be thought of as an aside, and in the circumstances of wishing to footnote a footnote, an aside to an aside. If you're familiar with the writing of Terry Pratchett you might have encountered footnotes in footnotes. All the best, pt |
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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
I've seen something similar in David Foster Wallace as well, but you won't
be able to do it with Word's built-in footnote feature. What you can do is this: Insert footnote 2 in the document immediately following footnote 1. Format the footnote reference mark as Hidden. Then insert a number in footnote one formatted the same way as your footnote reference marks (by applying the Footnote Reference style). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... On Jan 17, 12:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just add to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses or brackets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... On Jan 17, 11:02 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted material, there are defined ways to handle this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... Hi All, I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt Essentially, something like this: This is a sentence in my main document [1]. [1] This is the first footnote [2]. [2] This is the second footnote. That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to be able to insert a footnote into a footnote. It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to add the ability. All the best, pt Hi Suzanne, I don't doubt that there are protocols for how to handle footnotes, particularly in business or technical documents. The footnoting I'm trying to achieve comes from fiction writing, and can be thought of as an aside, and in the circumstances of wishing to footnote a footnote, an aside to an aside. If you're familiar with the writing of Terry Pratchett you might have encountered footnotes in footnotes. All the best, pt |
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Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?
On Jan 17, 1:21*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I've seen something similar in David Foster Wallace as well, but you won't be able to do it with Word's built-in footnote feature. What you can do is this: Insert footnote 2 in the document immediately following footnote 1. Format the footnote reference mark as Hidden. Then insert a number in footnote one formatted the same way as your footnote reference marks (by applying the Footnote Reference style). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... On Jan 17, 12:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just add to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses or brackets. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message ... On Jan 17, 11:02 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted material, there are defined ways to handle this. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "planetthoughtful" wrote in message .... Hi All, I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a footnote? All the best, pt Essentially, something like this: This is a sentence in my main document [1]. [1] This is the first footnote [2]. [2] This is the second footnote. That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to be able to insert a footnote into a footnote. It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to add the ability. All the best, pt Hi Suzanne, I don't doubt that there are protocols for how to handle footnotes, particularly in business or technical documents. The footnoting I'm trying to achieve comes from fiction writing, and can be thought of as an aside, and in the circumstances of wishing to footnote a footnote, an aside to an aside. If you're familiar with the writing of Terry Pratchett you might have encountered footnotes in footnotes. All the best, pt Thanks Suzanne, I'll give that a try. I realise that it probably seems odd to want to footnote footnotes, but to me footnotes are very much 'active' content, and therefore worthy and sometimes demanding of their own asides. Thanks again, pt |
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