NumberingRule Property

Applies To

Endnotes collection object, Footnotes collection object.

Description

Returns or sets the way footnotes or endnotes are numbered after page breaks or section breaks. Can be one of the following WdNumberingRule constants: wdRestartContinuous, wdRestartSection, or wdRestartPage (Footnotes only). Read/write Long.

See Also

Location property.

Example

This example restarts endnote numbering after each section break in the active document.

ActiveDocument.Endnotes.NumberingRule = wdRestartSection

If the footnote numbering in section one is set to restart after each section break, this example sets the numbering to restart on each page.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Range
If myRange.Footnotes.NumberingRule = wdRestartSection Then
    myRange.Footnotes.NumberingRule = wdRestartPage
End If