Footnotes

How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

Letting Word put in asterisk, dagger, etc, and then running Find and Replace
after the fact *might* work, switching dagger for double asterisk, etc.


On 9/27/04 3:18 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

Letting Word put in asterisk, dagger, etc, and then running Find and Replace
after the fact *might* work, switching dagger for double asterisk, etc.


On 9/27/04 3:18 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

I don't think so because these are fields.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BD7DEEB8.40DEF%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
Letting Word put in asterisk, dagger, etc, and then running Find and
Replace
after the fact *might* work, switching dagger for double asterisk, etc.


On 9/27/04 3:18 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often
restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

I don't think so because these are fields.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BD7DEEB8.40DEF%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
Letting Word put in asterisk, dagger, etc, and then running Find and
Replace
after the fact *might* work, switching dagger for double asterisk, etc.


On 9/27/04 3:18 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often
restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

Right, good point. (I couldn't test it b/c it was too much trouble to
figure out how to get a dagger into my Replace box, re our other
conversation on special characters.)

By the way, to the Original Poster--to request Word offer the asterisk
sequence, send an email to , OR post a Suggestion on the
newsgroups, but ONLY if you see the Suggestions option offered (not all web
portals have it).

Last time this question came up, someone informed me privately that the
asterisk sequence was a legal requirement.

Dayo

On 9/27/04 7:23 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I don't think so because these are fields.

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

"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BD7DEEB8.40DEF%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
Letting Word put in asterisk, dagger, etc, and then running Find and
Replace
after the fact *might* work, switching dagger for double asterisk, etc.


On 9/27/04 3:18 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often
restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

Right, good point. (I couldn't test it b/c it was too much trouble to
figure out how to get a dagger into my Replace box, re our other
conversation on special characters.)

By the way, to the Original Poster--to request Word offer the asterisk
sequence, send an email to , OR post a Suggestion on the
newsgroups, but ONLY if you see the Suggestions option offered (not all web
portals have it).

Last time this question came up, someone informed me privately that the
asterisk sequence was a legal requirement.

Dayo

On 9/27/04 7:23 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I don't think so because these are fields.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Dayo Mitchell" wrote in
message news:BD7DEEB8.40DEF%dayomitchell_1997@NOhotmailSPA M.com.invalid...
Letting Word put in asterisk, dagger, etc, and then running Find and
Replace
after the fact *might* work, switching dagger for double asterisk, etc.


On 9/27/04 3:18 PM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

That is the standard sequence: asterisk, dagger, double dagger, section
sign, paragraph sign. These are used primarily for small numbers of
footnotes (usually content rather than documentation) and often
restarted on
each page. For more serious documentation, you should use numbered
footnotes. You can specify a custom mark but not a custom series, so you
would have to mark each footnote separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Mary" wrote in message
...
How can you make footnotes stay consistent say you use *
and you want to be ** for the second footnote. I tried it
and instead of giving me **, its gives me + sign and the
second footnote. Please help.

Until MS makes that numbering style an option, you could use the macro
below to toggle between regular footnotes and the asterisk footnote style.

If you use the macro, you can't have mixed footnote references (some
AutoNumbered, others custom numbered).
On the other hand, it will fix messed up footnotes if you don't *want*
mixed numbering styles.

Regards,
Klaus


Sub ToggleAsteriskFootnotes()
Dim myFootnote As Footnote
Dim boolCustom As Boolean
Dim i As Long, iOld As Long
' first footnote reference = "*" ?
boolCustom = _
(AscW(ActiveDocument.Footnotes(1).Reference.Text) = 42)
If boolCustom = True Then
For i = ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Count To 1 Step -1
Set myFootnote = ActiveDocument.Footnotes(i)
myFootnote.Range.Copy
myFootnote.Reference.Select
myFootnote.Delete
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Selection.Range
Selection.Footnotes(1).Range.Paste
ActiveDocument.Footnotes(i).Reference.Font.Name = _
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleFootnoteReference).Fo nt.Name
Next i
Else
For i = ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Count To 1 Step -1
iOld = ActiveDocument.Footnotes(i).Index
Set myFootnote = ActiveDocument.Footnotes(i)
myFootnote.Range.Copy
myFootnote.Reference.Select
myFootnote.Delete
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add _
Range:=Selection.Range, _
Reference:=String(iOld, "*")
Selection.Footnotes(1).Range.Paste
ActiveDocument.Footnotes(i).Reference.Font.Name = _
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleFootnoteReference).Fo nt.Name
Next i
End If
End Sub