Columns

[B-Mac]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) I am working on a translation.
I created parallel columns as per:

I am cutting and pasting my earlier work into this format. However, my footnotes are not moving over. I tried to insert footnotes in this new version, but that option was not available in the text box.

How do I get footnotes or endnotes for the text in the text boxes?

 

[John McGhie]

You can have either text boxes or footnotes.

Footnotes cannot exist in text boxes because text boxes are not part of the
text, they're graphics, and thus they do not have a "page" structure beneath
which Word can place footnotes.

Use a two-column table instead

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) I am working on a
translation.
I created parallel columns as per:

I am cutting and pasting my earlier work into this format. However, my
footnotes are not moving over. I tried to insert footnotes in this new
version, but that option was not available in the text box.

How do I get footnotes or endnotes for the text in the text boxes?

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[B-Mac]

Is there a way to link to link the columns of a table like you can with text box columns? If so, I am all set. If not, then this would be something to put on the wish list. For future versions. This format is common for translation work.

 

[B-Mac]

The columns of the table flow on their own. No problem. Thanks.

 

[B-Mac]

Okay, new problem. The notes flow entirely down the left column to the end of the document, then pick-up again at the top of the right column in a two column table with one cell. So on page one, on the left you may see notes 1-3, but in the right column will be note 45.

What do you think?

 

[John McGhie]

Sorry mate, this is not Twitter. I've let the last three go past because I
don't know what you're really trying to say.

Like many of the people posting here, I cover about six different newsgroups
and see up top 300 posts a day. I really need you to fully describe what
you're doing and what you're seeing. I can't help you in 147 characters

Cheers

Okay, new problem. The notes flow entirely down the left column to the end of
the document, then pick-up again at the top of the right column in a two
column table with one cell. So on page one, on the left you may see notes 1-3,
but in the right column will be note 45.

What do you think?

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]