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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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