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November 21st, 2008, 06:15 PM
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bizarre unique footnotes problem
I just received a chapter for editing, and it _looks_ like it has
footnotes -- but what it really has is numbered paragraphs that somehow appear on the correct page in the footnotes area, with superscripted numbers (not footnote references) in the text (except sometimes). The first result in searching for footnotes is 104 -- but it has no footnote attached to it (no "screentip" view, double- clicking on it doesn't go anywhere) -- and there's a paragraph numbered 104 at the foot of the page. Changing the style of the footnote paragraphs to Footnote Text yields an en-dash instead of a footnote number. I don't particularly want to create 150 footnotes manually and move the text into them! The ms. originated in Spain; is something even more unusual than WordPerfect common over there? 
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November 21st, 2008, 07:53 PM
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bizarre unique footnotes problem
All I can say is, "I feel your pain." g
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... I just received a chapter for editing, and it _looks_ like it has footnotes -- but what it really has is numbered paragraphs that somehow appear on the correct page in the footnotes area, with superscripted numbers (not footnote references) in the text (except sometimes). The first result in searching for footnotes is 104 -- but it has no footnote attached to it (no "screentip" view, double- clicking on it doesn't go anywhere) -- and there's a paragraph numbered 104 at the foot of the page. Changing the style of the footnote paragraphs to Footnote Text yields an en-dash instead of a footnote number. I don't particularly want to create 150 footnotes manually and move the text into them! The ms. originated in Spain; is something even more unusual than WordPerfect common over there?
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November 24th, 2008, 03:56 PM
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bizarre unique footnotes problem
It's gotten worse. When I try to replace the seemingly independent
footnote number and paragraph-in-the-footnote zone with normal footnotes, it turns out that they _are_ somehow connected -- but the new footnote appears on an unpredictable page. I'll try opening it in Word2003 where things might be simpler. On Nov 21, 2:53*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: All I can say is, "I feel your pain." g -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... I just received a chapter for editing, and it _looks_ like it has footnotes -- but what it really has is numbered paragraphs that somehow appear on the correct page in the footnotes area, with superscripted numbers (not footnote references) in the text (except sometimes). The first result in searching for footnotes is 104 -- but it has no footnote attached to it (no "screentip" view, double- clicking on it doesn't go anywhere) -- and there's a paragraph numbered 104 at the foot of the page. Changing the style of the footnote paragraphs to Footnote Text yields an en-dash instead of a footnote number. I don't particularly want to create 150 footnotes manually and move the text into them! The ms. originated in Spain; is something even more unusual than WordPerfect common over there?-
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November 24th, 2008, 04:25 PM
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bizarre unique footnotes problem
Oh, now, that is really bizarre. I'd be interested in seeing a snippet of
this mysterious document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... It's gotten worse. When I try to replace the seemingly independent footnote number and paragraph-in-the-footnote zone with normal footnotes, it turns out that they _are_ somehow connected -- but the new footnote appears on an unpredictable page. I'll try opening it in Word2003 where things might be simpler. On Nov 21, 2:53 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: All I can say is, "I feel your pain." g -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... I just received a chapter for editing, and it _looks_ like it has footnotes -- but what it really has is numbered paragraphs that somehow appear on the correct page in the footnotes area, with superscripted numbers (not footnote references) in the text (except sometimes). The first result in searching for footnotes is 104 -- but it has no footnote attached to it (no "screentip" view, double- clicking on it doesn't go anywhere) -- and there's a paragraph numbered 104 at the foot of the page. Changing the style of the footnote paragraphs to Footnote Text yields an en-dash instead of a footnote number. I don't particularly want to create 150 footnotes manually and move the text into them! The ms. originated in Spain; is something even more unusual than WordPerfect common over there?-
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#5
November 24th, 2008, 06:44 PM
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bizarre unique footnotes problem
I'll send you both what I got from the volume editor and the one where
I've done most of the formatting but not yet any editing. I wrote asking her what word processor she used (the volume editor didn't notice anything unusual, but he's only concerned with things like getting all the abbreviations of sources right). On Nov 24, 11:25*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Oh, now, that is really bizarre. I'd be interested in seeing a snippet of this mysterious document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... It's gotten worse. When I try to replace the seemingly independent footnote number and paragraph-in-the-footnote zone with normal footnotes, it turns out that they _are_ somehow connected -- but the new footnote appears on an unpredictable page. I'll try opening it in Word2003 where things might be simpler. On Nov 21, 2:53 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: All I can say is, "I feel your pain." g -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message .... I just received a chapter for editing, and it _looks_ like it has footnotes -- but what it really has is numbered paragraphs that somehow appear on the correct page in the footnotes area, with superscripted numbers (not footnote references) in the text (except sometimes). The first result in searching for footnotes is 104 -- but it has no footnote attached to it (no "screentip" view, double- clicking on it doesn't go anywhere) -- and there's a paragraph numbered 104 at the foot of the page. Changing the style of the footnote paragraphs to Footnote Text yields an en-dash instead of a footnote number. I don't particularly want to create 150 footnotes manually and move the text into them! The ms. originated in Spain; is something even more unusual than WordPerfect common over there?--
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