Footnotes Not Available in Header/Footer in Word for Windows

Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
Article ID: Q66041

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

It is not possible to place a footnote reference mark within either the header or footer portion of a Microsoft Word for Windows document.

The header and footers are handled as separate entities from the body of the document and are not currently designed to allow the inclusion of footnote references.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference" pages 126-130.

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: kbformat
Additional query words: 1.x 2.0 2.0 2.0a winword2 word6
winword 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Keywords : kbformat
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
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