You can always delete these empty paragraphs, but it may require some trial
and error. Selecting the paragraph mark and pressing Delete will usually get
the message you quote. Try placing the insertion point left of the paragraph
mark and backspacing. If that doesn't work, place the insertion point at the
end of the footnote paragraph above and pressing Delete.

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"Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message
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I have a document with several blank footnote lines that cannot be
removed.
The line has only a paragraph return in it. It does not have a footnote
reference, although when you show paragraph marks it has a small black
square
(like a bullet) in front of it. It does not seem to affect the footnote
numbering. Efforts to delete are met with a €œthis is not a valid action
for
footnotes€� message. Converting to endnotes does not permit removing this
blank line. When in the wrong place, it can force a footnote to the
following
page. Or it leaves a blank space.