[Wally's footnote problem]

somehow some lines show shaded on the page but I can neither select them nor
delete them
I was trying to enter a footnote and that I have but above it is something I
want to delete

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Wally:

Go to ToolsUnprotect Document... See if that solves your problem. I
suspect that you might have a section break in there that has declared an
area of the document to be "protected".

Either that, or it's an unresolved tracked change, or another footnote
reference. Try resolving all tracked changes in the document. Try
double-clicking the item to open the Footnote window.

Cheers

On 23/7/06 8:56 AM, in article
, "Wally's footnote
problem" Wally's footnote wrote:

somehow some lines show shaded on the page but I can neither select them nor
delete them
I was trying to enter a footnote and that I have but above it is something I
want to delete

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Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

[Wally''s footnote problem]

The clue in your response was "another footnote reference". By persistence I
found footnote seperator and there was the illusive text. Deleting the
footnote seperator did the trick. Do not understand why there is a 'footnote
seperator' nor why it takes text.
Thank you from Wally

"John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote:

Hi Wally:

Go to ToolsUnprotect Document... See if that solves your problem. I
suspect that you might have a section break in there that has declared an
area of the document to be "protected".

Either that, or it's an unresolved tracked change, or another footnote
reference. Try resolving all tracked changes in the document. Try
double-clicking the item to open the Footnote window.

Cheers

On 23/7/06 8:56 AM, in article
, "Wally's footnote
problem" Wally's footnote wrote:

somehow some lines show shaded on the page but I can neither select them nor
delete them
I was trying to enter a footnote and that I have but above it is something I
want to delete

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410