Footnote

[jenter]

I had to reinstall MS Word.
Now, when pointing to a footnote reference (in the main text), the footnote
does not appear as a screen tip.
All other facilities of Footnotes appears to work.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Assuming you have ScreenTips checked on the View tab of Tools | Options,
this may be an instance of a bug seen in some versions of Word. The fix
(which you must perform once per session for each document) is to switch the
Document Map on and back off.

 

[jenter]

Many thanks for your prompt reply.
I will do what you suggest.
(As I said in my question, I had to re-install MS Word. When originally
installed a long time ago, I seem to remember that I had the same problem.
However, it got "cured" but I don't know how. Possibly, when I got an update
of MS Word.)
Many thanks again.
Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you have reinstalled Word and not applied updates, that could definitely
be a factor.

 

[jenter]

Thanks again. You have been very consistent with your help.
I decided to download all the updates for Word2003. This took over two hours!
However, at first there seemed to be no change in my problem, but suddenly
(and I don't know how) the world seemed bright again.
I also had to spend another half-hour re-customizing Word.
Thank you for your assistance.
Terry LeCorre
(8716 Schmerikon, Switzerland)