This appears to be a bug in Microsoft Word. * If you're working with revision marking, or tracking, turned on, you can delete a note reference number from the document text, but the note itself will still show up in the notes pane, and your other note reference numbers won't renumber correctly. * You can convert endnotes to footnotes or vice versa by clicking the Insert menu and then clicking 'Footnote,' 'Options,' and 'Convert.' If you need to use such headings, put them at the bottom of your document text. It may look okay when you print it out, but it's actually a note without a note number, and it may cause file corruption and other problems. Some authors type things like 'Notes to Chapter 3' at the top of the pane. * Don't put headings into the notes pane. Let Word do the job it was designed to do. I've also seen cases where an author, wanting to use a number followed by a period for note numbers, deleted and retyped each note number (with a period) in the notes pane, or inserted a period after the automatic note number. Some writers and editors do such weird things as use Word's automatic note reference numbers but manually type notes and note numbers at the bottom of the document rather than use the notes pane. * Let Microsoft Word do the numbering for you. This will work in document text and in the notes pane. * Use Word's Go To feature (CTRL + G) to go to a specific note. Here are some other tips for working with notes: (To close the notes pane, click the 'Close' button at the top of the pane.) Now you can see and edit all of your notes at once. (If you move it too far, the notes pane will close.) Use your mouse to grab the top of the notes pane and move it almost to the top of your document window, giving you plenty of room to work. Open the notes pane (click the View menu and then 'Footnotes').ģ. Make sure you're using Normal view rather than Page Layout view (click the View menu and then 'Normal').Ģ. Yechhh.) To use the notes pane most effectively, follow this procedure:ġ.

(With WordPerfect, you have to view and edit one note at a time.

If you add or delete a note, the other notes renumber automatically (assuming the notes haven't been typed as body text and numbered manually), and the program provides a notes 'pane' that allows you to edit all of your notes at once.

It's hard to beat Microsoft Word if you're editing a document with footnotes or endnotes.

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