Footnotes in Word 2003

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I was vexed by Word (seemingly on its own) starting to display an annoying
option when I sought to insert a footnote. I got a template that was
directed at helping me to format my footnotes according to various scholarly
research standards when all I wanted to do was just get to the darn footnote
entry area and enter my text without assistance.

I found a way to disable this but it was messy and now I'm finding that even
that kludgey "fix" isn't working. Now, no footnote at all.

Has anyone dealt with this before? How do I get back to plain-vanilla
footnotes, please?

Richard
 
Sounds like you've got Endnote or some similar add-in installed?

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If he does, under Tools there should an entry for EndNote (or RefMan or
ProCite), with its own submenu.

Except I really don't think EndNote hijacks the Insert Footnote command, and
I don't think that's how it works. Maybe a similar program, as you say. But
this is certainly not a function built into Word.

Richard, how are you trying to create a footnote? What happens when you use
Insert | Footnote?

What did you do to disable this template? And what version of Word?

It's possible his keyboard shortcut may have been hijacked.
 
Thanks Susan and Daiya,

I hunted down the offending "Academic" (or whatever it is called) module or
file by a process I cannot now recall, then deleted it. I'd get the VB
debug/end window but selecting end got me to the footnote. Now no footnote
option.

However, in looking at this further I don't think that that little "fix" is
the problem. When I select Insert--> Reference --> Footnote the debug
window opens and when I select debug I see this portion of the insert
footnote macro"

Sub Insertfootnote()
'First, make sure IP is in a valid location to insert footnote
If Selection.ShapeRange.Count > 0 Then
MsgBox "Insertion Point (IP) can not be in a frame or textbox" &
vbCrLf _
& "when inserting a footnote." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
& "Please place the IP in the text of the document where you " &
vbCrLf _
& "want to insert the note reference mark and try again.",
vbInformation, "Footnote Wizard"
End
Else
etc.

"If Selection.ShapeRange.Count > 0 Then" is highlighted in yellow, from
which I conclude that Word 2003 thinks that my insertion point is in a frame
or text box, which, to my knowledge, it most certainly is not.

Opening a blank document and inserting a footnote without doing one other
thing to the doct does not work. Also trying to insert one in a blank
document into which the text from the original offending doct has been
pasted (crtl-V) results in the debug/cancel window's appearing and same
error message.

Any ideas, please? Reinstall?

Richard
 
No, don't reinstall.

If you have a macro named InsertFootnote, then it is hijacking the default
InsertFootnote command. If you rename (or delete) that macro, then the
regular Insert | Footnote should work fine.

Most people don't have an InsertFootnote macro. If a macro is given exactly
the same name as a menu command, then that menu command calls the macro
instead. Sounds like that is what is happening to you.

Don't know what's up with the macro, but since you appear to have deleted
the thing it calls, don't worry about it.
 
That did it! It was an artifact of that mysterious routine that told me how
to do AA+ academic footnotes. The macro called "frmFootNoteWiz.Show," which
document I was able to find somehow and delete or rename. I never could
figure out where that came from. It did it on my office Word 2000 (?) too.

Thank you so much.

Richard
 
Glad you sorted it. I had no idea there was ever a footnote wizard, whether
part of Word or not. :)
 
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