Footnote bug

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GavinS

I have created a document with footnotes - however someone didn't like
the presence of the footnotes so I thought I would format the relevant
styles of the footnotes (Footnote Reference and Text) as hidden.

Works fine except for the first footnote. When I choose to not display
Hidden text all the footnotes and references are hidden - except for
the very first one in the document - which displays what looks like a
bookmark reference (1234567891011) where the footnote reference is.

Anyone know why this is?
 
Hi Gavin,

Word doesn't create bookmarks for footnotes, but it does create bookmarks
for entries in a table of contents.
Do you have a table of contents in your document?
Is there a footnote on a heading that is included in the table of contents?
What version of Word are you using?
 
Word also creates bookmarks for cross-references, so if the footnote was
referenced elsewhere, there would be a bookmark, but it would be a hidden
one, with no representation in text.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
 
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