I cannot erase unwanted footnotes bacause Idid not use reference marks

[goulette]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I am working on a long document (French) with parts of PDF files selected with Grab. I have not used endnotes, but suddenly when I was searching for a word in all the text, I got the message that there was no such word in the endnotes. I realized that the end of my text must have been written as an endnote of which I was totally unaware since I did not use them at all. I want to erase the endnotes frame (1/3 of the line), but I am told to look for the reference mark which I have not in the first place. I carefully reviewed my text, no reference mark.

How can I get rid of the endnotes and copy back the text (that was in the endnotes and that I saved on a separate file), so that my full text is plain text, and no endnotes. If and when I need endnotes, I know how to insert the mark and will do it properly.

Thank you for your help.

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

At the bottom of your Word window, on the right in the extreme lower corner,
there is a small round button between two double arrows.

That's the Browse button, which the idiots have left out of the help.

It's one of the more powerful controls in the user interface.

Click the little round button and choose Browse by Endnote.

Wherever it is, the cursor will jump to it, no matter how cunningly it is
hidden. The cursor will come to a stop on it, even if you can't see it.
Press Delete and the Endnote will go!

Hope this helps

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I am working on a long document (French) with parts of PDF files selected with
Grab. I have not used endnotes, but suddenly when I was searching for a word
in all the text, I got the message that there was no such word in the
endnotes. I realized that the end of my text must have been written as an
endnote of which I was totally unaware since I did not use them at all. I want
to erase the endnotes frame (1/3 of the line), but I am told to look for the
reference mark which I have not in the first place. I carefully reviewed my
text, no reference mark.

How can I get rid of the endnotes and copy back the text (that was in the
endnotes and that I saved on a separate file), so that my full text is plain
text, and no endnotes. If and when I need endnotes, I know how to insert the
mark and will do it properly.

Thank you for your help.

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
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[goulette]

At the bottom of your Word window, on the right in the extreme lower corner,

> there is a small round button between two double arrows.
>
> That's the Browse button, which the idiots have left out of the help.
>
> It's one of the more powerful controls in the user interface.
>
> Click the little round button and choose Browse by Endnote.
>
> Wherever it is, the cursor will jump to it, no matter how cunningly it is
> hidden. The cursor will come to a stop on it, even if you can't see it.
> Press Delete and the Endnote will go!
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> On 26/05/10 12:51 AM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> "[email protected]" wrote:
>
>
> --
>
> The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
>
> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
>
>
> I was delighted to get your answer that solved the problem. I had no idea of the navigator buttons, as you say, ignored by the "idiots". I found 2 pages on the navigator on the Missing Manual for Office 2008 for Macintosh, pages 53 and 54. Your answer should help a number of frustrated users, I had spent 2 to 3 days trying to find a solution. Thanks again.

goulette

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

Hi Goulette:

You're welcome!

The people who set the policy for what goes into the Help in Mac Word
redefine the term "stupid". They have this formula that says "We will only
write about the things we can see users are searching for."

Yes, you're right... If it's not there, users CAN'T search for it, so it
never gets documented. Duh!

The official name for the thing, in English, is "Browse Buttons" by the way.
Microsoft tries to call everything a "browser" for reasons known only to
Marketing. Who wrote the Help policy...

Cheers

goulette

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The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]