Footnotes

[careyelr]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel

Hoping somebody can help. Was sent a document where the footnotes aren't linked to the text. (e.g. double click the footnote and doesn't take to corresponding place in text, place cursor on fn # in text and no text box shows up) Most importantly, when I try to insert a fn or delete a fn, the other fns in the doc. don't change numbering to correspond. (e.g. insert fn after fn7 and it is labeled #1 and fn #s after still 8, 9, etc. Delete fn 7 and numbers stay same just skipping 7; 5,6,8,9) I suspect that the original document may have been word perfect, converted to word, and sent to me. Any advice is hugely appreciated. Cheers.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hmm. If it was really created in Word Perfect, I'm not sure there is
anything you can do--footnotes and conversion from WP comes up
frequently, and there's no fix that I know of. But see here, something
may be worth trying, perhaps the corrupt doc fixes, even with WP involved.
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/footnotefaqcontent.htm#RenumberNotes

 

[careyelr]

Thanks for the tip Dayla. I had seen that post earlier and was hoping that wouldn't be the solution. C'est la vie. Thanks again.