Footnoting a footnote in Word 2007?

[planetthoughtful]

Hi All,

I assume the answer to this is "You can't", but I'm curious to know if
there is a way in Word 2007 that will allow you to footnote a
footnote?

All the best,

pt

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote
to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are
you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted
material, there are defined ways to handle this.

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

 

[planetthoughtful]

I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the footnote
to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are
you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted
material, there are defined ways to handle this.

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

Essentially, something like this:

This is a sentence in my main document [1].

[1] This is the first footnote [2].

[2] This is the second footnote.

That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to
be able to insert a footnote into a footnote.

It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest
version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to
add the ability.

All the best,

pt

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to
footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in
the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text
that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this
type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just add
to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses or
brackets.

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

I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the
footnote
to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are
you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted
material, there are defined ways to handle this.

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

Essentially, something like this:

This is a sentence in my main document [1].

[1] This is the first footnote [2].

[2] This is the second footnote.

That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to
be able to insert a footnote into a footnote.

It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest
version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to
add the ability.

All the best,

pt

 

[planetthoughtful]

I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to
footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in
the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text
that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this
type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just add
to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parenthesesor
brackets.

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

I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the
footnote
to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly are
you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted
material, there are defined ways to handle this.

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

Essentially, something like this:

This is a sentence in my main document [1].

[1] This is the first footnote [2].

[2] This is the second footnote.

That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to
be able to insert a footnote into a footnote.

It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest
version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to
add the ability.

All the best,

pt

Hi Suzanne,

I don't doubt that there are protocols for how to handle footnotes,
particularly in business or technical documents.

The footnoting I'm trying to achieve comes from fiction writing, and
can be thought of as an aside, and in the circumstances of wishing to
footnote a footnote, an aside to an aside.

If you're familiar with the writing of Terry Pratchett you might have
encountered footnotes in footnotes.

All the best,

pt

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I've seen something similar in David Foster Wallace as well, but you won't
be able to do it with Word's built-in footnote feature. What you can do is
this: Insert footnote 2 in the document immediately following footnote 1.
Format the footnote reference mark as Hidden. Then insert a number in
footnote one formatted the same way as your footnote reference marks (by
applying the Footnote Reference style).

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

I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to
footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in
the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text
that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this
type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just
add
to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses
or
brackets.

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

I don't believe any version of Word would allow this; just add the
footnote
to the footnote in the footnote, perhaps inside brackets. What exactly
are
you trying to accomplish? If it is a question of a footnote in quoted
material, there are defined ways to handle this.

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

Essentially, something like this:

This is a sentence in my main document [1].

[1] This is the first footnote [2].

[2] This is the second footnote.

That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to
be able to insert a footnote into a footnote.

It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest
version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to
add the ability.

All the best,

pt

Hi Suzanne,

I don't doubt that there are protocols for how to handle footnotes,
particularly in business or technical documents.

The footnoting I'm trying to achieve comes from fiction writing, and
can be thought of as an aside, and in the circumstances of wishing to
footnote a footnote, an aside to an aside.

If you're familiar with the writing of Terry Pratchett you might have
encountered footnotes in footnotes.

All the best,

pt

 

[planetthoughtful]

I've seen something similar in David Foster Wallace as well, but you won't
be able to do it with Word's built-in footnote feature. What you can do is
this: Insert footnote 2 in the document immediately following footnote 1.
Format the footnote reference mark as Hidden. Then insert a number in
footnote one formatted the same way as your footnote reference marks (by
applying the Footnote Reference style).

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

I understand the concept, but you haven't explained *why* you want to
footnote the footnote. My assumptions are that (a) there is a footnote in
the original text you're quoting, or (b) (similarly) you are citing text
that is quoted by another author. There are standard ways to footnote this
type of material. For any other situation, I would suggest that you just
add
to [1] whatever you would otherwise put in [2], placing it in parentheses
or
brackets.

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

"planetthoughtful" <[email protected]> wrote in message

Essentially, something like this:

This is a sentence in my main document [1].

[1] This is the first footnote [2].

[2] This is the second footnote.

That's a very simple example, but explains what I mean by wishing to
be able to insert a footnote into a footnote.

It seems strange to me that this is something that even the latest
version of Word isn't able to handle, and I assume there's no plan to
add the ability.

All the best,

pt

Hi Suzanne,

I don't doubt that there are protocols for how to handle footnotes,
particularly in business or technical documents.

The footnoting I'm trying to achieve comes from fiction writing, and
can be thought of as an aside, and in the circumstances of wishing to
footnote a footnote, an aside to an aside.

If you're familiar with the writing of Terry Pratchett you might have
encountered footnotes in footnotes.

All the best,

pt

Thanks Suzanne, I'll give that a try.

I realise that it probably seems odd to want to footnote footnotes,
but to me footnotes are very much 'active' content, and therefore
worthy and sometimes demanding of their own asides.

Thanks again,

pt