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MS Word creating hell with footnotes

I've written a long academic document in Mac Pages that has had to be converted to MS Word for proofreading and typesetting purposes. I have installed the latest version of MS Word for my Macbook M1 ...
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Can I reuse or repeat a footnote and decide "reuse or repeat" automatically?

I know, that it is easy to "reuse" a footnote number in Word: Insert the footnote At another place, insert a cross-reference to the footnote number and format it in superscript. However, ...
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Format of citations in footnotes in Office365 Word

I want citations in footnotes to look similar to the way they appear as bibliography entries. For example, I want a citation to look like this: BRUIJN, J. R.; GAASTRA, F. S.; SCHÖFFER, I., Dutch-...
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How to place a heading on the endnotes in Libre Office Writer?

I have a document in Libre Office Writer that has around a hundred endnotes -- or technically, footnotes, with the "End of document" position setting (*). These notes begin at the top of a ...
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Keep all footnotes in one paragraph in MS Word

I'm using MS Office Professional 2016 and I'm facing the following problem: I have some footnotes in one page of a word document, but each one of them occupies its own paragraph. What I want to have ...
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Word 2010 footnotes without links to the top, and without brackets

I have a document that has two issues: I prefer the numbering format for footnotes to be [1] instead of 1. I replaced ^f with [^&], but it only updated the number format for the footnote links in ...
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Removing paragraphs from footnote [ms-word]

In my work, I have a footnote in which there are 3 "enters" before first footnote (marked in red in attached screenshot) that I am not able to select or delete. Does anybody know how to ...
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Can I create multi-paragraph footnotes in LibreOffice Writer?

For a writing project I need to be able to do slightly complex footnotes, with multiple paragraphs that are justified and images that are centered. While typing the text of, say, footnote 13, pressing ...
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MS Word: Automatically search for strings and convert to footnotes

I've searched for variations on this question but haven't found anything quite like it. I have a set of Word documents that include two types of inline citation. The first is a standard academic ...
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Huge space above footnotes in Word

I can't remove the space above footnotes in Word 2008 without messing up the rest of the spacing in the document. Here is what it looks like: The space above the footnotes seems to vary. The solution ...
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Different reference number styles at end of sentence and at endnote/footnote

I'm using endnotes in a MS Word 2011 doc, so I have references at the end of sentence and at the end of the document (with corresponding numbers). Both corresponding numbers have the same style — &...
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Word: Use different styles for endnotes and footnotes

I have a Word document containing both footnotes and endnotes. How do I change the numbering format for one or the other of those reference note types?
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Add an endnote inside a footnote in Word

I have a Word document with both footnotes and endnotes. I want to create an endnote reference from inside the text of a footnote. When I am editing the footnote the option on the References menu to ...
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Can MS Word 2003 put footnotes at the end of paragraphs?

Is there a way to make Word 2003 put footnotes at the end of a paragraph, including when a following paragraph begins on the same page?
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Deleting Footnotes in Word 2007

I'm working on a document in Word 2007. Somehow, when I was moving things around, a phantom footnote was introduced. (See attached image.) I have not been able to delete it. Any suggestions would ...
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How to handle dynamic footnote with a text box

I'm creating some financial models that require a lot of footnotes. I should preface by saying they're not actually footnotes, it's a text box below the main table since it takes up half the sheet. My ...
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Footnote reference change to italics when I modify the Footnote text style to italics

I insert a footnote I modify the footnote text style to italicize the font Automatically change, only in the footnotes area, the Footnote reference style to italic
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Macro to find and format all endnotes in a Word document

I wonder if there is a way to find all the endnote references in a Word document, select them, and format them with a style en masse? The same for endnote text: find all endnote text, select, format ...
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In MS word, how to reduce the gaps before and after footnotes

I would like to remove the space between the main text and the footnote separator, I have checked the draft view - footnote separator, there are no extra lines before or after the footnote separator....
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Word: How to (user-friendly) revert Footnote References style to default?

During re-formatting a large document major part of footsteps notes had their style changed (mostly to Normal). The original (inline) style Footsteps reference is still there, but is not assigned to ...
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Word continuous section break causes blank page

I have the following problem: for my thesis I use Word 2016 and I have to put many continuous section breaks that interfere with footnotes causing unexpected page jumps. I used the fix MS suggested (...
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What program might've been footnoted different number of footnotes per line?

Oxford University Press (OUP) publishes the following books, and couldn't have used Microsoft Word to variate the number of footnotes per line, because harrymc affirmed I have done some tests on Word ...
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MS Word 365 - Multiple footnote references same word [duplicate]

I'm triyng to write an essay and I need to insert some footnotes. My issue is I can't figure out how to insert multiple footnotes on the same spot. I mean if I insert them one after another,say 3 for ...
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Prefix and suffix for endnotes and differing in-text endnote formatting?

Currently, I aim to use endnotes for practical reasons on a space-restricted paper. Already I know how to realize endnotes and watched this genius YT tutorial video. The problem is: How do I achieve ...
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Pandoc: Duplicate footnotes - multiple files - same name

I have a folder structure like the following: chapters/ 01-chapter.md 02-chapter.md 03-chapter.md format.sh parse.sh parse.sh pandoc -t html5+smart -so dist/book.html --html-q-tags chapters/*....
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Changing footnote numbering numbers to Hindi (Arabic) with left-to-right text

I have a question regarding footnote numbering format in Word 2013. I want the footnote numbering format to be Hindi (Arabic) while the footnote text to be left to right. How can I make the change ...
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dragon naturally speaking footnote

I use Dragon Nat. Sp. version 13. How do I put in a footnote indicator, I. e. a little number right after the relevant word, slightly up? I can't find one command. Can anyone tell me?
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How can I have different footnote separators in one word page?

I want to have two different footnote separators in one page, for example, one kind of separator is [1], [2]... and another one is (1), (2)... when I translate some documents with footnotes, I want to ...
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Issue with MS Word mail merge with footnotes

I have kind of a weird issue regarding MS Word's mail merge (MS Word 2010). I have a simple docx document with some text and some footnotes. Now I am connecting it to a csv file for starting a mail ...
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MS Word 2010 - footnotes in heading styles showing up in header references when converted to PDF

Headings in Word that have a footnote in them are resulting in numbers followed by "F" in my headers when I convert to PDF. The headers were created using a styleRef cross-reference. Have tried ...
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How can i move footnote reference from middle of paragraph to end ? Word 2013

I turned my comments into footnotes using the following macro by tohuwawohu (very helpful one thanks man) but because of how I had my comments placed it turned out that most of footnote references (...
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MS Word footnotes in one and two columns in the same document

I'd like to have a short section of a Word 2016 document using footnotes in two column format. Elsewhere, I'd like the footnotes to be a single column. I'm able to make the two column footnotes work,...
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Referring twice to the same footnote in Word

How do you refer to the same footnote twice on Microsoft Office Word 2007 or 2010?
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Microsoft Word 2016: Footnote covering page number

I just encountered a strange formatting issue in Word 2016, a footnote is covering the page number (see below). Any recommendations? I can't Add blank lines at the end of the equation (Word ...
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Word 2016 separating multi digit footnotes on print

When printing a document in Word 2016 to PDF, multi digit numbers for footnotes get separated by the footnote text. So for a foot note that says 12 Source I'll end up with a footnote that says 1 ...
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How to make right-to-left footnotes in Microsoft Word

If I am using a right-to-left language in Microsoft Word 2010 and want to use footnotes, how do I make the line above the footnotes (dividing them from the main text) also be on the right side? As in ...
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LibreOffice Writer - Add footnotes outside of two-column layout?

I have a multi-page two-column document as shown here. When I add footnotes by using Insert > Footnote, the footnotes end up inside the respective column. Is it possible to create footnotes (not ...
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RTL footonotes MS Word

I am using a RTl language in Word, and have set up word for this. However in the footnotes, it is always from LTR. Now I know how to move the footnote seperater, that I did. However each footnote is ...
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How to change color only of footers in Word 2010?

I have this Word document with 700+ pages. Most of the text is in black, some of it is in red (and it should remain red). The same happens with the footers, some of them are in black, some of them are ...
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MS Word: Excessive space between separator and footnotes

I'm using a template to write my thesis on MS Word and I'm having a problem with the footnotes. Whenever I insert one, too much space is left blank between the separating line and the text of the ...
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How can I automatically convert all comments in a word 2010 document to footnotes?

I started writing comments on some text in word 2010, and I wrote so many that they don't fit on the page. I want to convert them to footnotes so that they come out well in print. Is there any way ...
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How to protect Word footnotes or endnotes from accidental deletion?

It's very easy when correcting a document to delete a footnote, since they are marked by small characters It's easy to miss them and to delete a paragraph without noticing that at the same time a ...
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can't change different footnote/endnote font sizes in MS Word 2011

I've already consulted all the instruction on how to change formatting of footnotes/endnotes in Microsoft Word 2011. The problem is the settings say I'm using the same size font, same font, all ...
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Change Column align footnotes in word 2013

As you know Microsoft added multi column footnote in word 2013. But I can't change direction of column in footnote. I use Persian language in my document, and I want that the first column of footnote ...
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Creating a footnote in MS Word?

How I can create footnotes in MS Word? I do not want to create a page footer because that would appear in all pages, but I need to write some things as footnotes on a specific page. I want to add ...
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Microsoft Word: Place a footnote in the margin

Microsoft Word has the ability to place a footer in the page's margin. This is very useful when writing documents that must meet exact rules or page counts (e.g. government work). Is there a way to ...
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Word 2010: using a footnote twice

I know there is already a question about footnotes but this is not what I'm looking for: Referring twice to the same footnote in Word I have a 2-page document. On the first page I add a footnote. On ...
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Convert DOCX footnotes into HTML or plain text?

I have a Drupal installation and a bunch of DOCX files. Like--several years of Sunday sermons? I don't want to preserve 99% of the formatting, but they have footnotes. I don't particularly care HOW ...
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Find or count all usages of an end note in Microsoft Word

I have created a document with end notes in it. I have referred to individual end notes multiple times in the document. How can I either find all usages or preferably count all usages of an end note?
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add same footnote (duplicated number)

It is possible duplicate a footnote in libreoffice? I am not interested in creating a new number for the same note. page 1 some text- something¹ __ ¹ This is a note page 2 some text- something ¹...