Unfortunately, when you have a footnote in a multi-column section, the
footnotes must be in multiple columns as well, and any following text is
bumped to the next page. That's enough of a problem without the extra ones
you seem to be encountering. For a workaround, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FtnoteSpanColumns.htm
Deb said:
Suzanne (or anyone else who can help!),
I have a long (50+ page) document, in which there is a small section
(about 4 pages) of text in 2 columns. I need to footnote something on the
left side of the two-columned text, and when I do, the footnote text
defaults to appearing at the bottom only of the left column instead of
displaying across the entire bottom of the page (which is the way I need it
to appear for my dissertation). How can I do this?