How do I renumber existing footnotes so that they start from '1'?

[Windpipe]

I'm trying to renumber an existing book-length continuous sequence of
footnotes to start from '1' in each chapter. I'm hoping there's a way to do
this that won't involve bypassing the electronic numbering altogether. Can't
seem to find this explained anywhere, but also don't remember it being a
problem. I'm using Word 2003, Windows XP Professional.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can restart numbering in each section, but if you have more than one
section in a chapter, you'll find this doesn't work right.

 

[grammatim]

I'm trying to renumber an existing book-length continuous sequence of
footnotes to start from '1' in each chapter. I'm hoping there's a way to do
this that won't involve bypassing the electronic numbering altogether. Can't
seem to find this explained anywhere, but also don't remember it being a
problem. I'm using Word 2003, Windows XP Professional.

Hopefully each of your chapters is a separate Section already. (If
not, put the cursor at the start of the first line of each chapter;
Insert > Break > Section break types Next page [or: Odd page].) (If
you already have a New Page break before each chapter, it could be a
problem -- they seem to be very hard to delete.)

Then: Insert > Reference > Footnote ... and change Numbering from
Continuous to Restart each section.

If there are any cross-references to footnote numbers, update them:
Ctrl-A to select the entire document, and press F9. When it's done,
click somewhere in the document to deselect the entire document, or
you could wipe it out with a single keystroke!