Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Copying and Moving Footnotes.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated February 3, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word implements a full-featured footnote system that allows you almost total control over where and how footnotes are printed. If you have previously inserted footnotes into your document and you want to duplicate a footnote, you can use techniques you already know for copying regular text. To copy a footnote, follow these steps:
If you instead want to move a footnote to another location in your document (or even in another document), you can use similar techniques. All you need to do is use Ctrl+X in step 2 instead of the noted Ctrl+C.
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2016-05-06 22:29:01
Garry Munday
I have a document that has been formatted to add footnotes to the bottom of the relevant pages. I wish to change that to having them at the end of each chapter.
I don't seem to be able to find it in your tips. Can you help, please.
Garry
2015-10-13 04:04:06
Moving text that has footnotes presents a problem if you don't remember to mark the footnotes first (not always a priority when editing).
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