Endnotes options

[tony]

I've looked everywhere I know but I can't find out how to insert
endnote numbers in my file without being prompted for an endnote text
at the time I insert the number -- I will enter all the endnotes after
I finish composing the file.

Or at least I would like to be able to immediately close the endnote
text window from the keyboard.

I would be grateful for any useful pointers.

T.
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Tony Roder, speaking his mind....

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

There's no setting in Word to control that...

The GoBack command (shift-F5 by default) will take the cursor immediately
back to the text, but not close the footnote pane. You could record a macro
that inserts an endnote, types go back, and closes the pane, and use that
macro instead of the Insert Endnote command.

Page Layout view doesn't have a footnote pane, using that would eliminate a
step, although Normal view is recommended for speed with long documents.

I hope you are using a keyboard shortcut for Insert Endnote and not going
through the menus every time?

As someone who uses a lot of notes, I personally think that your plan of
typing nothing, not even a pointer to where you got the information, will
involve *much* more work than typing the citation as you go along. I
generally type my one or two word reference for a work (often using
initials) and the page number, then use Find and Replace to properly format
most of the notes.

DM

 

[tony]

There's no setting in Word to control that...
Alas...

You could record a macro
that inserts an endnote, types go back, and closes the pane, and use that
macro instead of the Insert Endnote command.

Clever. Thanks. It sounds like a macro that's simple enough for me do
muddle my way through.

I hope you are using a keyboard shortcut for Insert Endnote and not going
through the menus every time?

Oh yes. I'll assign it to the macro.

As someone who uses a lot of notes, I personally think that your plan of
typing nothing, not even a pointer to where you got the information, will
involve *much* more work than typing the citation as you go along.

This is a special case: I'm translating a book and it's faster to work
on the text in a stream. I will translate the endnotes later and
simply cut and paste them in place in the target language version.

Thank you for the explicit and most helpful response.

T.
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Tony Roder, speaking his mind....

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

On Mon, 10 May 2004 23:31:31 -0400, Dayo Mitchell


Clever. Thanks. It sounds like a macro that's simple enough for me do
muddle my way through.

Good luck. I'm no macro expert, but it should work.

This is a special case: I'm translating a book and it's faster to work
on the text in a stream. I will translate the endnotes later and
simply cut and paste them in place in the target language version.

Ah yes. Makes perfect sense in that case.

Glad to help.

Dayo