[Chartreuse]

Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this feature, but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text, but the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of it is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get rid of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier versions of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Stefan Blom]

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text, but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Chartreuse]

Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there was no way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess it's not that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have to do is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there. Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround, though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text, but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there was
no way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess it's
not that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have to
do is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there. Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround,
though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote
continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line
spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a
footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this
feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text,
but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of
it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new
blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get
rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier
versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have been pointing this out as a bug ever since the Footnote Continuation
Notice was introduced. The only way you can back out of it when you change
your mind is by using Undo immediately or, as you point out, by copying
everything into a fresh document. Word 2002 introduced a further annoyance:
the same thing happens with headers and footers: if you ever touch the
header or footer, even if you decide to leave it blank, you end up with an
empty paragraph that can't be deleted. Perhaps somewhere down the line these
bugs will be fixed, but they're very low-priority because they don't cause
Word to crash with loss of data.

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there was no
way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess it's not
that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have to do
is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there. Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround, though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text, but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Chartreuse]

Hi, Suzanne, thanks for your response. I just tried recreating the footnote
continuation notice problem and hit undo right after I chose the option, but
that paragraph mark still seems to stick. Actually, it doesn't even seem
to appear in the undo list at all. It's like Word dosen't even see it as
something to undo. I've tried this in both Word 2007 and Word 2003. Are you
able to undo it in these versions?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have been pointing this out as a bug ever since the Footnote Continuation
Notice was introduced. The only way you can back out of it when you change
your mind is by using Undo immediately or, as you point out, by copying
everything into a fresh document. Word 2002 introduced a further annoyance:
the same thing happens with headers and footers: if you ever touch the
header or footer, even if you decide to leave it blank, you end up with an
empty paragraph that can't be deleted. Perhaps somewhere down the line these
bugs will be fixed, but they're very low-priority because they don't cause
Word to crash with loss of data.

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there was no
way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess it's not
that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have to do
is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there. Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround, though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text, but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's been years since I tried this at all--in whatever version the feature
first appeared in--and I can't guarantee that Undo worked even then; perhaps
I just closed without saving. But I think perhaps if you backed up several
steps beyond the insertion of the notice?

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Suzanne, thanks for your response. I just tried recreating the
footnote
continuation notice problem and hit undo right after I chose the option,
but
that paragraph mark still seems to stick. Actually, it doesn't even
seem
to appear in the undo list at all. It's like Word dosen't even see it as
something to undo. I've tried this in both Word 2007 and Word 2003. Are
you
able to undo it in these versions?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have been pointing this out as a bug ever since the Footnote
Continuation
Notice was introduced. The only way you can back out of it when you
change
your mind is by using Undo immediately or, as you point out, by copying
everything into a fresh document. Word 2002 introduced a further
annoyance:
the same thing happens with headers and footers: if you ever touch the
header or footer, even if you decide to leave it blank, you end up with
an
empty paragraph that can't be deleted. Perhaps somewhere down the line
these
bugs will be fixed, but they're very low-priority because they don't
cause
Word to crash with loss of data.

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there was
no
way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess it's
not
that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have to
do
is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there. Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround,
though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote
continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line
spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a
footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this
feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text,
but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of
it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new
blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get
rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier
versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Chartreuse]

Hi, thanks once again for your response. I recreated the problem in a new
document and tried undoing all the steps I had done before I inserted the
notice but still the paragraph mark remains. I tried this with both Word
2007 and 2003. It really is one of the stranger things I've come across.
It's almost like it becomes hardcoded into the page or something, but yet it
disappears if I do a regular cut and paste of the entire document into a new
blank document. Very interesting. I haven't seen anything in the Knowledge
Base about it. Maybe they'll fix it someday, but as you said it's probably a
low priority on their list.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It's been years since I tried this at all--in whatever version the feature
first appeared in--and I can't guarantee that Undo worked even then; perhaps
I just closed without saving. But I think perhaps if you backed up several
steps beyond the insertion of the notice?

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Suzanne, thanks for your response. I just tried recreating the
footnote
continuation notice problem and hit undo right after I chose the option,
but
that paragraph mark still seems to stick. Actually, it doesn't even
seem
to appear in the undo list at all. It's like Word dosen't even see it as
something to undo. I've tried this in both Word 2007 and Word 2003. Are
you
able to undo it in these versions?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have been pointing this out as a bug ever since the Footnote
Continuation
Notice was introduced. The only way you can back out of it when you
change
your mind is by using Undo immediately or, as you point out, by copying
everything into a fresh document. Word 2002 introduced a further
annoyance:
the same thing happens with headers and footers: if you ever touch the
header or footer, even if you decide to leave it blank, you end up with
an
empty paragraph that can't be deleted. Perhaps somewhere down the line
these
bugs will be fixed, but they're very low-priority because they don't
cause
Word to crash with loss of data.

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there was
no
way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess it's
not
that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have to
do
is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there. Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround,
though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote
continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line
spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a
footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this
feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices, then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the text,
but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get rid of
it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a new
blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to get
rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier
versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Another reason it's low-priority is that most users reasonably figure that
readers can usually figure out that a footnote is continued on the next
page, especially if it ends mid-sentence, so no continuation notice is
required.

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, thanks once again for your response. I recreated the problem in a new
document and tried undoing all the steps I had done before I inserted the
notice but still the paragraph mark remains. I tried this with both Word
2007 and 2003. It really is one of the stranger things I've come across.
It's almost like it becomes hardcoded into the page or something, but yet
it
disappears if I do a regular cut and paste of the entire document into a
new
blank document. Very interesting. I haven't seen anything in the
Knowledge
Base about it. Maybe they'll fix it someday, but as you said it's
probably a
low priority on their list.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It's been years since I tried this at all--in whatever version the
feature
first appeared in--and I can't guarantee that Undo worked even then;
perhaps
I just closed without saving. But I think perhaps if you backed up
several
steps beyond the insertion of the notice?

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Suzanne, thanks for your response. I just tried recreating the
footnote
continuation notice problem and hit undo right after I chose the
option,
but
that paragraph mark still seems to stick. Actually, it doesn't
even
seem
to appear in the undo list at all. It's like Word dosen't even see it
as
something to undo. I've tried this in both Word 2007 and Word 2003.
Are
you
able to undo it in these versions?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have been pointing this out as a bug ever since the Footnote
Continuation
Notice was introduced. The only way you can back out of it when you
change
your mind is by using Undo immediately or, as you point out, by
copying
everything into a fresh document. Word 2002 introduced a further
annoyance:
the same thing happens with headers and footers: if you ever touch
the
header or footer, even if you decide to leave it blank, you end up
with
an
empty paragraph that can't be deleted. Perhaps somewhere down the
line
these
bugs will be fixed, but they're very low-priority because they don't
cause
Word to crash with loss of data.

--
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.

"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, Stefan, thanks for your response. I was kind of afraid there
was
no
way
to delete it since I had tried just about everything. I guess
it's
not
that
big a deal, just kind of annoying since it seems like all you have
to
do
is
choose the option once, and that paragraph mark is stuck there.
Your
suggestion of making it 1pt with 0 spacing is a good workaround,
though.
Thanks again!





"Stefan Blom" wrote:

No, you cannot delete the paragraph mark in the footnote
continuation
notice, but you can make it very small (1 pt), and set the line
spacing
to 1 pt, and spacing before and after to zero.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Chartreuse" wrote in message
...
Hi, is there any way to get rid of the paragraph mark from a
footnote
continuation notice in Word 2007? I don't usually use this
feature,
but I'm
formatting a paper for someone that had continuation notices,
then
they
decided they no longer wanted them. I am able to delete the
text,
but
the
empty paragraph mark remains. It seems the only way to get
rid of
it
is to
copy the entire contents of the document and paste it into a
new
blank
document. It just seems like there should be a better way to
get
rid
of it.
Am I missing something? If not, was this the case in earlier
versions
of
Word as well? Thanks in advance for any information.