Is it possible to footnote text that is inside of a text box?
"Insert-Reference-Footnote" is greyed out when my cursor is inside the text
box, so I can't see a way to do it ... but I really need to! I'd like for
the footnote reference to appear at the bottom of the page along with the
"regular" footnotes. (I'm using Word 2002 SP3.)
Thanks for any ideas!

Insert a footnote reference outside the text box, somewhere in the paragraph
that the text box is anchored to, and format the reference mark as Hidden.
In the text box itself, insert a Cross-reference to "Footnote number
(formatted)."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"mc510" wrote in message
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Is it possible to footnote text that is inside of a text box?
"Insert-Reference-Footnote" is greyed out when my cursor is inside the
text
box, so I can't see a way to do it ... but I really need to! I'd like for
the footnote reference to appear at the bottom of the page along with the
"regular" footnotes. (I'm using Word 2002 SP3.)
Thanks for any ideas!

Ah, I figured it might take something like that. Thanks!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Insert a footnote reference outside the text box, somewhere in the paragraph
that the text box is anchored to, and format the reference mark as Hidden.
In the text box itself, insert a Cross-reference to "Footnote number
(formatted)."

--
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.

"mc510" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to footnote text that is inside of a text box?
"Insert-Reference-Footnote" is greyed out when my cursor is inside the
text
box, so I can't see a way to do it ... but I really need to! I'd like for
the footnote reference to appear at the bottom of the page along with the
"regular" footnotes. (I'm using Word 2002 SP3.)
Thanks for any ideas!

Also note that if you can use a frame instead of a text box (which in many
cases you can), you can insert a footnote reference in a frame.

--
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.

"mc510" wrote in message
...
Ah, I figured it might take something like that. Thanks!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Insert a footnote reference outside the text box, somewhere in the
paragraph
that the text box is anchored to, and format the reference mark as
Hidden.
In the text box itself, insert a Cross-reference to "Footnote number
(formatted)."

--
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.

"mc510" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to footnote text that is inside of a text box?
"Insert-Reference-Footnote" is greyed out when my cursor is inside the
text
box, so I can't see a way to do it ... but I really need to! I'd like
for
the footnote reference to appear at the bottom of the page along with
the
"regular" footnotes. (I'm using Word 2002 SP3.)
Thanks for any ideas!