Fix a footnote problem in Word

[Mike D]

Word 2002 cannot handle putting a footnote in a table entry if the text has
abnormal orientation. I have a document where the left column is rotated
90-deg counter clockwise. When I tried to put a footnote in one of the
cells, it never showed the footnote (though it's there if you open the
footnote pane) and it stopped showing any footnotes below it. After several
hours of trying to figure out the problem I noticed that if I deleted only
that footnote, everything returned to normal.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Footnotes in tables are usually better handled separately (and manually)
anyway. I usually put mine in a merged row at the bottom of the table.

A workaround, however, for your situation would be to fudge the footnote
reference number. Insert the actual footnote reference in an adjacent cell
that doesn't have rotated text and format it as white or Hidden. Then add a
superscript numeral, letter, or symbol in the rotated text in place of the
actual footnote reference mark.

Word 2002 cannot handle putting a footnote in a table entry if the text has
abnormal orientation. I have a document where the left column is rotated
90-deg counter clockwise. When I tried to put a footnote in one of the
cells, it never showed the footnote (though it's there if you open the
footnote pane) and it stopped showing any footnotes below it. After several
hours of trying to figure out the problem I noticed that if I deleted only
that footnote, everything returned to normal.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-66d25e73c5fd&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables