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how do i get an asterisk for 1st footnote and numbers after that?
In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and
footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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Answer: how do i get an asterisk for 1st footnote and numbers after that?
Sure, I can help you with that!
Here are the steps to achieve this in Microsoft Word:
Now your first footnote will have an asterisk instead of a number. To make the subsequent footnotes numbered, follow these steps:
Now your subsequent footnotes will be numbered consecutively.
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I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround,
and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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Suzanne,
THANKS, that was awesome. Method 1 worked for me. I really appreciate your help. Kate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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Cheat. Insert the asterisk manually and use a textbox for the asterisked
info. Switch off the textbox border, anchor it to the author's name, and position it absolutely at the foot of the page, above the real footnotes. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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Just by the way--in MacWord 2004, this seems to work for me:
Insert the first footnote as a Custom Mark with an *, then insert the regular footnotes as AutoNumber. No section break required, it appears to allow a separate series of numbered and custom notes. Daiya On 7/27/05 9:34 PM, "bfjplt" wrote: Suzanne, THANKS, that was awesome. Method 1 worked for me. I really appreciate your help. Kate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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Dang! Wish I'd thought of that!
-- 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. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . Just by the way--in MacWord 2004, this seems to work for me: Insert the first footnote as a Custom Mark with an *, then insert the regular footnotes as AutoNumber. No section break required, it appears to allow a separate series of numbered and custom notes. Daiya On 7/27/05 9:34 PM, "bfjplt" wrote: Suzanne, THANKS, that was awesome. Method 1 worked for me. I really appreciate your help. Kate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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Another way that will work, confirming my long-held view that one of the
hardest things to learn about Word is how to decide among several different, sometimes equally attractive (at least initially), ways of accomplishing the same thing. -- 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. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Cheat. Insert the asterisk manually and use a textbox for the asterisked info. Switch off the textbox border, anchor it to the author's name, and position it absolutely at the foot of the page, above the real footnotes. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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how do i get an asterisk for 1st footnote and numbers after th
I would like to use a blank space instead of an asterisk, but Word insists on
the asterisk. Any notion of how to get around that? Thanks! "bfjplt" wrote: Suzanne, THANKS, that was awesome. Method 1 worked for me. I really appreciate your help. Kate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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how do i get an asterisk for 1st footnote and numbers after th
You could format the asterisk as Hidden or White.
-- 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. "micropood" wrote in message ... I would like to use a blank space instead of an asterisk, but Word insists on the asterisk. Any notion of how to get around that? Thanks! "bfjplt" wrote: Suzanne, THANKS, that was awesome. Method 1 worked for me. I really appreciate your help. Kate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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how do i get an asterisk for 1st footnote and numbers after th
Hey Suzanne,
re the old, original post-- In MacWord 2004, I can use a custom mark to get the first asterisk, and then switch to AutoNumber after that, starting at 1, no section breaks required. Does that not work in WinWord? Daiya I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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how do i get an asterisk for 1st footnote and numbers after th
Yes, I think we did establish that this works; I think when I posted this
old post (how old is it, anyway?) I wasn't aware of that. -- 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. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message ... Hey Suzanne, re the old, original post-- In MacWord 2004, I can use a custom mark to get the first asterisk, and then switch to AutoNumber after that, starting at 1, no section breaks required. Does that not work in WinWord? Daiya I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround, and both have drawbacks. Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks (that is, it's all in one section to begin with): 1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks. 2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the next. 3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering. Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under Numbering. Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page with the author-name asterisked footnote: 1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name. 2. Insert Footnote 1 normally. 3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the reference number) and press Enter. 4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must have Footnote 1 on the same page. -- 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. "bfjplt" wrote in message ... In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to be an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers? Thanks |
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