Word Footnotes repeat nos. 50-59 and then continue 1

[bi]

I have a 22 page document (so far) that has lots of footnotes -- about 86 footnotes so far. I have run into a problem with the footnotes beginning at footnote 59. Here is how the number is:

50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 70, 71, 72, 73, etc.

I don't see any hidden or non-printing characters either in the footnotes or in the main body that might be causing this. I have tried deleting the first 10 footnotes and then reinserting them, but the problem persists.

Has anyone ever run into this? Do you have any suggestions on how to fix?

 

[bi]

Version is Word 2000.

 

[BlueHorizon]

Hi bi,
Do you have any section breaks in the document? This could affect the numbering.

Best,
Blue Horizon

http://www.bluehorizontraining.com

 

[Dreamboat]

The last time I saw this, we found that one of the persons who worked on the file didn't know footnotes from buttnotes (hee hee), and they were simply manually added. You should double-check to make sure they're all actually fields. Hit Alt+F9 to turn on viewing fields and make sure they all look the same. Alt+F9 to turn off that view.

And double-check that they've all been updated by Ctrl+A and then F9 key.

Anne Troy
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[bi]

There are no section breaks. The fields have been updated. They are indeed all fields. I am the only one who has worked on the document. And I know how to do footnotes -- they were all added by the Insert Reference Footnote command. I can't even imagine how someone one would try to manually add a footnote.

 

[Dreamboat]

I can't even imagine how someone one would try to manually add a footnote.

You wouldn't believe the features I've seen manually emulated. LOL!!

Well...I'm willing to have a look at the document, if it's possible. anne@vbaexpress.com

I was able to fix one for someone else before, tho I can't say what I did. I mean, I can't say 'cause I just don't remember...

Anne Troy
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[Dreamboat]

Shoot.
They're not doing that to me.
Did you try another PC where you are?
Anyway, I can't make it do the same thing on my PC. So I would troubleshoot Word.

http://www.theofficeexperts.com/word.htm

Anne Troy
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