EditClear Statement Deletes Footnote Reference or Field Code
ID: Q79334
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The information in this article applies to:
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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
SYMPTOMS
If you position the insertion point to the left of a field code or
footnote reference in Microsoft Word for Windows and you press the DEL
key or run the EditClear macro, the field code or footnote reference
is not deleted; instead, the system beeps. However, if you position
the insertion point at the same location and run the EditClear
statement from within a macro, the field code or footnote reference is
selected and deleted.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of
Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. We are researching this problem,
and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
Pressing the DEL key is the keyboard equivalent to the EditClear
command and macro statement; therefore, they should behave in a
similar manner, regardless of how they are executed.
You can use the following macro to delete a footnote reference
number:
Sub Main
EditClear
End Sub
The EditClear command selects the word to the immediate right of the
insertion point and performs a delete.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
- Create or open a document that contains an automatically-numbered
footnote.
- Position the insertion point to the left of the footnote reference
number. Press the DEL key. The system beeps, and the footnote
reference number is not deleted.
To record and run a macro to execute the EditClear command, use the
steps listed below.
Word for Windows Version 2.0
- From the Tools menu, choose Record Macro. Type a name in the Macro
Name box, and choose the OK button. Note: "REC" should appear on the
right end of the status bar.
- Press the DEL key.
- From the Tools menu, choose Stop Recorder.
- Position the insertion point to the left of the footnote reference
number.
- From the Tools menu, choose Macro. Select the macro recorded in
steps 1-3 above, and choose the Run button.
Word for Windows Version 1.x
- From the Macro menu, choose Record. Type a name in the Macro Name
box, and choose the OK button. Note: "REC" should appear on the right
end of the status bar.
- Press the DEL key.
- From the Macro menu, choose Stop Recorder.
- Position the insertion point to the left of the footnote reference
number.
- From the Macro menu, choose Run. Select the macro recorded in steps
1-3 above, and choose the OK button.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," version 1.x, pages
127-128, 185-187, 284-285
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 264-265,
591-592, 765-767
Additional query words:
winword2 6.0 winword word6 1.x 2.x
Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a-CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c
Platform : WINDOWS
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