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Problems with footnotes and section breaks
I have an urgent problem about footnotes. I am finishing a thesis in Word
with multiple chapters - each separated by a hard section break. I want footnotes to restart numbering within each chapter - this is fine. The problem is that I have a chapter that requires a landscape page in the middle of it and therefore needs additional section breaks within the chapter. The footnotes within the chapter that follow the landscape page revert to the numbering from the previous chapter - I am tearing my hair out. Can someone please tell me if there is a solution or is it a Word glitch? Thanks. -- Michelle |
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Problems with footnotes and section breaks
Unfortunately, you can't restart note numbering by section if you have more
than one section in a chapter. There is just no way to make Word do what it's supposed to do in this case; it will group the notes at the end of the chapter (if you suppress them for the internal sections), but it won't number them properly. That's one of the major defects of note numbering we've been hammering the dev team on for several versions now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Michelle" wrote in message ... I have an urgent problem about footnotes. I am finishing a thesis in Word with multiple chapters - each separated by a hard section break. I want footnotes to restart numbering within each chapter - this is fine. The problem is that I have a chapter that requires a landscape page in the middle of it and therefore needs additional section breaks within the chapter. The footnotes within the chapter that follow the landscape page revert to the numbering from the previous chapter - I am tearing my hair out. Can someone please tell me if there is a solution or is it a Word glitch? Thanks. -- Michelle |
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Problems with footnotes and section breaks
Thank you Suzanne - at least I can now try to fix it manually and stop
searching for the holy grail! It is a real problem with Word. Appreciate your fast response. -- Michelle "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unfortunately, you can't restart note numbering by section if you have more than one section in a chapter. There is just no way to make Word do what it's supposed to do in this case; it will group the notes at the end of the chapter (if you suppress them for the internal sections), but it won't number them properly. That's one of the major defects of note numbering we've been hammering the dev team on for several versions now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Michelle" wrote in message ... I have an urgent problem about footnotes. I am finishing a thesis in Word with multiple chapters - each separated by a hard section break. I want footnotes to restart numbering within each chapter - this is fine. The problem is that I have a chapter that requires a landscape page in the middle of it and therefore needs additional section breaks within the chapter. The footnotes within the chapter that follow the landscape page revert to the numbering from the previous chapter - I am tearing my hair out. Can someone please tell me if there is a solution or is it a Word glitch? Thanks. -- Michelle |
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Problems with footnotes and section breaks
You could use Custom Note Numbering for each of the notes after the
landscape page. (But you'll have to remember to change each one individually in case you add or delete any.) On Feb 29, 7:19*pm, Michelle wrote: Thank you Suzanne - at least I can now try to fix it manually and stop searching for the holy grail! *It is a real problem with Word. *Appreciate your fast response. -- Michelle "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unfortunately, you can't restart note numbering by section if you have more than one section in a chapter. There is just no way to make Word do what it's supposed to do in this case; it will group the notes at the end of the chapter (if you suppress them for the internal sections), but it won't number them properly. That's one of the major defects of note numbering we've been hammering the dev team on for several versions *now. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Michelle" wrote in message ... I have an urgent problem about footnotes. *I am finishing a thesis in Word with multiple chapters - each separated by a hard section break. *I want footnotes to restart numbering within each chapter - this is fine. *The problem is that I have a chapter that requires a landscape page in the middle of it and therefore needs additional section breaks within the chapter.. The footnotes within the chapter that follow the landscape page revert to the numbering from the previous chapter - I am tearing my hair out. *Can someone please tell me if there is a solution or is it a Word glitch? *Thanks. |
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