I've read through your series of messages several times but I really can't
understand what you're describing. The Link to Previous & Different First
Page attributes pertain to Headers & Footers -- those settings have nothing
at all to do with Footnotes aside from enabling their formatting to be
different in each Section. Also, Footnotes aren't "linked to previous
sections". They are placed either at the bottom of the same page as the
noted text or are at the end of the Section in which that text is located.
I'm not sure how you were attempting to access Help, but this is a
reasonably good summary of Sections. There is a good deal more as well:
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About sections and section breaks
Sections are a part of a document where you can set specific page layout and
formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change
properties (such as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and
footers) for a portion of your document. For example, format a section as a
single column for the introduction of a report, and then format the
following section as two columns for the body text of the report. Word
treats a document as a single section until you insert a section break.
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Each section break controls the layout and formatting of the section
preceding the break. For example, if you delete a section break, the
preceding text becomes part of the following section and uses its section
formatting. The last paragraph mark (¶) in the document controls the section
layout and formatting of the last section in the document. If the document
does not contain sections, the last paragraph mark controls the layout and
formatting of the entire document. You can change the following layout and
format options for a section:
Margins
Paper size or orientation
Paper source for a printer
Page borders
Vertical alignment
Headers and footers
Columns
Page numbering
Line numbering
Footnotes and endnotes
The following table shows examples of the types of section breaks that you
can insert. In each illustration, the double-dotted line represents a
section break.
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Section break type
Description
Next page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next page.
Continuous
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the same page.
Odd page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next odd-numbered
page.
Even page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next even-numbered
page.
See also
Insert, delete, or change a section break
Insert or delete a manual page break
Print specific pages and sections
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If what you've managed so far doesn't work out as well as you expect it
might not be a bad idea to submit a new message in the Word Forum rather
than this general forum for Office. Try to be as explicit as you can with
your description of how the document is constructed and exactly how you want
it to be different. It's also good practice to specify your exact update
levels of both Office & OS X.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
