Annotations?

[Dave Neve]

Hello

I have a problem with a feature of Word that I don't even know what it is
called in English (maybe 'annotations or sth like that)

Sometimes, a small number appears at the end of a sentence and when you put
the cursor on it, a little envelope icon appears and then a small text

The same small text figures at the bottom of the page with the same number

Except that , after doing a long translation, the numbers in the body of the
page no longer correspond to the numbers at the bottom of the page

1 (in text)= 1(at bottom of page)
2 (in text)= 1(at bottom of page) This is where sth went wrong I guess
3 (in text)= 2(at bottom of page)
4 (in text)= 3(at bottom of page)
5 (in text)=4(at bottom of page)

I need to get things back to normal

Any ideas please?

Thanks

Dave

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The feature to which you are referring is termed "footnotes" in English

I do not really understand your description of the problem, but maybe it is
the issue that is dealt with in the article "Why do my footnotes sometimes
end up on a different page from their references in the text?" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FootnoteFAQ.htm


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[Stefan Blom]

Or perhaps the footnotes were created in another application and didn't
convert properly into Word footnotes? If so, reinserting them is probably
required.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Or, if Track Changes is enabled, the numbers will not be sorted out till
changes are accepted (though I would expect the footnote references to match
for a given note).

 

[Stefan Blom]

Good point.

A third possible cause is document corruption, of course.