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On Friday, November 30, 2012 at 3:34:02 PM UTC-8, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> They're not 'in' the footnotes; they're 'in' the footnote separator.
>
> The way to access that -- and change its formatting, in case you don't
> like the line length or its indent or whatever -- is to switch to
> Draft View, then go to Show Footnotes (I don't remember how to do that
> in earlier Word, but if you have a Ribbon, it's at the lower right of
> the Footnotes group of the References tab).
>
> You then get a window at the bottom of the document window with a bar
> above it, and in that bar is a dropdown from which you access the
> Separator. Choose that, and (since you have your Non-Printing
> Characters turned on) you'll see some stray paragraphs down there.
> Just delete them.
>
> Go back to Print View, and all is copasetic!
> On Nov 30, 2:53 pm, Maura <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have carriage returns in all my footnotes, after the footnote
> > separator bar (2 carriage returns) and before the footnotes. All
> > footnotes are like this as if the formatting is corrupted. I can delete
> > them all and put them all back in with the same format. I can change
> > everything except I cannot select or backup over, or anyway delete those
> > pesky horrific carriage returns. Help! I have to deliver this document
> > in 2 hours!
> >
> > --
> > Maura
Peter, you are amazing, thank you!
> They're not 'in' the footnotes; they're 'in' the footnote separator.
>
> The way to access that -- and change its formatting, in case you don't
> like the line length or its indent or whatever -- is to switch to
> Draft View, then go to Show Footnotes (I don't remember how to do that
> in earlier Word, but if you have a Ribbon, it's at the lower right of
> the Footnotes group of the References tab).
>
> You then get a window at the bottom of the document window with a bar
> above it, and in that bar is a dropdown from which you access the
> Separator. Choose that, and (since you have your Non-Printing
> Characters turned on) you'll see some stray paragraphs down there.
> Just delete them.
>
> Go back to Print View, and all is copasetic!
> On Nov 30, 2:53 pm, Maura <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have carriage returns in all my footnotes, after the footnote
> > separator bar (2 carriage returns) and before the footnotes. All
> > footnotes are like this as if the formatting is corrupted. I can delete
> > them all and put them all back in with the same format. I can change
> > everything except I cannot select or backup over, or anyway delete those
> > pesky horrific carriage returns. Help! I have to deliver this document
> > in 2 hours!
> >
> > --
> > Maura
Peter, you are amazing, thank you!
Format Footnote Separator
In the Find what box, enter either ^f for footnote or ^e for endnote. Alternatively, you can enter these symbols by clicking the More button to expand the dialog box, clicking Special, and choosing either Endnote Mark or Footnote Mark in the list. In Word 2016 for Mac, click the arrow at the bottom of the Find and Replace dialog box to show all. Convert all notes. Go to a footnote or endnote in the document and right-click. In Windows, select known options and Mac, select Note to the foot of the context menu. Click the Convert button. Select one of the first two options to convert all footnotes or endnotes in the document. I followed the steps to try and get rid of a footnote separator line in a report. It still is there. Any advice on the proper procedures to get rid of t. Hiding Footnotes or Endnotes in a Word document is possible but needs a little trickery. Maybe you want a ‘clean’ version of the document without the clutter of notes. Or maybe the footnotes/endnotes are your own references for sources of information not intended for others to see.