Double Numbering of Footnotes in Copied Document

[John]

Using Word 2000 I copied a document from the internet
which contained footnotes and a short outline.

The copied document added footnote numbers and outline
numbers. I removed the outline numbers, but the extra
footnote numbers aren't as easy. They look like 1[1],
2[2], etc.

How do I remove the extra numbering?

Thanks,

John

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Assuming that the numbers within the square brackets are actual numbers and
not a field, use a Wildcard replace with

\[[0-9]{1,}\]

in the Find what control and nothing in the Replace with control. That will
delete all of the square brackets and the numbers within them.

See the article “Finding and replacing characters using wildcards” at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/UsingWildcards.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP