missing footnotes

[fmara]

I have a question about the compiling of a single document from multiple
documents. I've created eight documents, representing eight individuals
chapters of a manual. Some of the chapters have been revised and so noted by
a footnote. When I compile all of the chapters by using the "Insert" key
after each chapter, the "Revised" footnote does not appear. However, when I
use "Copy & Paste" after each chapter the footnote does appear. Why the
difference?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

What version of Word?

This is a footnote created by using Insert | Footnote in Word?

 

[fmara]

What version of Word? Word 2002

This is a footnote created by using Insert | Footnote in Word?





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[Daiya Mitchell]

And how was the footnote created?

 

[fmara]

And how was the footnote created?

I created the footnote by clicking on "View" and clicked on "Header/Footnote"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Okay, you're not talking about a footnote at all but a footer (View |
Header/Footer). If you really want a footnote, you need to use Insert |
Reference | Footnote. If you really want this note in a footer, then you
need to have a separate section for the pages where the given footer
appears, and you need to unlink it from the preceding and following
sections; see http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/HeaderFooter.htm

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

And how was the footnote created?

I created the footnote by clicking on "View" and clicked on "Header/Footnote"

Well, there you go then. That's not a footnote, that's a footer. Check what
you did again, you'll see.

And this page will answer your question about why the difference:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm

And this page will explain about footers:
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/HeaderFooter.htm

Footnotes are those little tiny raised numbers (superscripted numbers) that
direct one to the place where the information was found, also known as
references or citations.

DM

 

[fmara]

Thanks for your help. I still don't know why Insert doesn't print out the
"Revised" footer when single documents are combined with other documents.

 

[fmara]

Thanks Dalya, I'm still not sure why each document with "Revised" is not
printed when combined with other documents to create a manual, but is printed
when "copy and Paste are used.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you inserted section breaks so that you have a separate footer for the
page you want that footer on?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

My apologies--I sent you the wrong link. This one explains the difference:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/PasteWithoutSectionInfo.htm