Footnotes on more than one page

[Bob Stringer]

Is there a setting whereby footnotes that cover more than
one page have some sort of designation (.e.g. "continued on
next page") that shows that fact?

Thanks.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Is there a setting whereby footnotes that cover more than
one page have some sort of designation (.e.g. "continued on
next page") that shows that fact?

In fact, there is. Two even.

Switch into Normal View and go to View | Footnotes. A footnote pane will
open up at the bottom, with a dropdown menu. Use the dropdown menu and you
will see that you have the option of seeing and editing:

--Footnotes
--Footnote Separator--that little line between notes and text
--Footnote Continuation Separator--a line that goes all the way across the
page when the first note text is text continued from note on the previous
page
--Footnote Continuation Notice--text you can insert to appear at the end of
the previous page informing one that the note is continued on the next.
Blank by default, you can enter your own text.

I've always considered that the FCS (the full line) is enough notice without
using the FCN, myself. There are exactly parallel settings for Endnotes, by
the way.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To add to what Daiya has said, if you create a Footnote Continuation Notice,
space will be allowed for it on every page with footnotes, not just the ones
that actually have continued footnotes, and you can't get rid of the space
even if you delete the notice. At least that was my experience several
versions back, and I have no reason to believe it's changed since the FCN is
so little used that I have never seen any questions or complaints about it,
and MS doesn't change things unless there's overwhelming demand.

 

[Bob Stringer]

[snip]

Thanks very much, Daiya.

 

[Bob Stringer]

[snip]

Thanks for mentioning that, Suzanne. I'll be cautious about
when I use it.