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Footnote blank lines
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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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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. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message news  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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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Thanks but Ive already tried all three of these tricks. They have worked in
the past but not this time. Any other thoughts? OldLloyd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 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. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message news 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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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Don't know what to suggest; I've never not been able to delete an empty
paragraph one way or another, though it does usually require some trial and error. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" wrote in message ... Thanks but Ive already tried all three of these tricks. They have worked in the past but not this time. Any other thoughts? OldLloyd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 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. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message news 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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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I too am having this same problem and cannot get rid of the empty paragraph
marks no matter what I try. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Don't know what to suggest; I've never not been able to delete an empty paragraph one way or another, though it does usually require some trial and error. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" wrote in message ... Thanks but Ive already tried all three of these tricks. They have worked in the past but not this time. Any other thoughts? OldLloyd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 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. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message news
I have a document with several blank footnote lines that cannot beremoved. 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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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Feel free to send a small sample to my email.
-- 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I too am having this same problem and cannot get rid of the empty paragraph marks no matter what I try. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Don't know what to suggest; I've never not been able to delete an empty paragraph one way or another, though it does usually require some trial and error. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" wrote in message ... Thanks but Ive already tried all three of these tricks. They have worked in the past but not this time. Any other thoughts? OldLloyd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 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. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message news
I have a document with several blank footnote lines that cannot beremoved. 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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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I was able to get rid of them by copying the footnote text, inserting a new
footnote before the bad one and using a paste special (unformatted text) and then I deleted the footnote that included the paragraph symbols I couldn't remove. It appears the person that created this document was pasting text from old documents and not using a paste special which I think is what caused the problem initially. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Feel free to send a small sample to my email. -- 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I too am having this same problem and cannot get rid of the empty paragraph marks no matter what I try. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Don't know what to suggest; I've never not been able to delete an empty paragraph one way or another, though it does usually require some trial and error. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" wrote in message ... Thanks but Ive already tried all three of these tricks. They have worked in the past but not this time. Any other thoughts? OldLloyd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 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. -- 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. "Old Lloyd" Old wrote in message news
I have a document with several blank footnote lines that cannot beremoved. 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 €śthis is not a valid action for footnotes€ť 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. |
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