Footnotes in a chapter that will need to restart within chapter

[MBennett]

I am working on a book with Chapters that will have cases that require me to
start renumbering within the chapter. I will have custom footnotes within.
I have put continuous page breaks to pick up the numbering after the case,
but when I try to pick up the footnote numbering it either starts at one or
if I try to put the number say "39" to pick up on the numbering it includes
the custom numbers, if I add two footnotes it changes it to "41". What can I
do to fix this? Also, I am having problems with the continuous break
sometimes acting as a new page break, because Word does not like to have
footnotes restarting on the same page. Any advice would be very much
appreciated. I have looked online and have not found a similar situation.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Setting footnote restart options within individual sections doesn't work in
Word, as you have noticed. I'd recommend using continuous numbering
throughout the document.

 

[MBennett]

Stefan,

Thank you for the response. But unfortunately I cannot use continuous, that
is why I am seeking advice. But from my research online there is no solution
to this problem when using Word.

MBennett

 

[Stefan Blom]

Unfortunately, your only options in Word are sequential notes or restarting
on *every* section. :-(

Of course, if you could make some notes *endnotes*, that would work (with
separate numbering).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The issue of a section break causing a page break is explained in “Section
break causes an unexpected page break in Word” at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292074. A workaround can be found at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FtnoteSpanColumns.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Good point, but the main issue is with renumbering here, which doesn't work
correctly in Word.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The OP wrote: "Also, I am having problems with the continuous break
sometimes acting as a new page break, because Word does not like to have
footnotes restarting on the same page. Any advice would be very much
appreciated. I have looked online and have not found a similar situation."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

I apologize. I obviously missed that part of the question. :-(

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It is a rather minor problem compared to the other. This particular
"feature" makes Word very frustrating for academic/professional users.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Well, I find both of these issues rather frustrating. <sigh>

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By the "feature," I was actually referring to both problems--under the
general heading of footnotes/endnotes.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

By the "feature," I was actually referring to both problems--under the
general heading of footnotes/endnotes.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org