I have a document with a table that runs over 10 pages. When I insert a
footnote anywhere in the table the actual footnote sits at the bottom of page
1.
Manual creation of footnotes is for tables only. It means to
superscript text and type the footnote text in the final table
row, which should be merged and formatted with no border. The
advantage is that you can collect all of the footnotes for a
table below the table.