> A couple of things to try:
>
> 1. If you're in Print Layout view, switch to Normal view. Then View |
> Footnotes. This will open the footnote pane. If there *is* a footnote 6, you
> may be able to see it. If you double-click on its reference number, you'll
> be taken to the place in the document where the text reference is.
>
> 2. If you haven't already, display Hidden text to see if the reference
> number is hidden.
>
> 3. Select Footnote as the browse object (using the palette accessed via the
> button between the browse arrows at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar)
> and click through the document from one footnote to the next. This may also
> help you find the elusive footnote reference.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> "LAC" <LAC[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:208B4812-8A9C-4557-9A08-D750B40932DA[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > Hi Suzanne,
> >
> > I did that already. Also I have about 17 endnotes but 6 is skipped. When
> I
> > try to insert a new endote after 5, the endnote self numbers as 7, as does
> > the footnote number within the text.
> >
> > Would switching to code review mode help any? Is it possible there's a
> > phantom footnote somewhere that I can't see?
> > --
> > LAC
> >
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> > > Increase the document Zoom to 150% or 200% and inspect the footnote
> > > references carefully. My experience is that, partly because of the
> bounding
> > > box on the reference mark, a 5 and a 6 look exactly alike.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > Words into Type
> > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org> > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so
> > > all may benefit.
> > >
> > > "LAC" <LAC[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:95759160-8784-431C-AC5C-F5B96B3DF8E5[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > > > I am inserting automatic endnotes into a document that already has
> some
> > > > footnotes both before and after where I want to insert a new
> reference.
> > > The
> > > > autonumbering is skipping from 5 to 7. I cannot get it to insert a 6.
> > > Any
> > > > ideas on what is going on. I have been revising a document and moving
> > > around
> > > > paragraphs with endnotes already inserted. They have been revising
> > > > themselves as they should but now I can't insert a new reference and
> get
> > > the
> > > > correct number.
> > > > --
> > > > LAC
> > >
> > >
>
>