How do you insert comments into footnotes?

[JimJones]

I can't figure out how to insert comments into footnotes. It seems like you
should be able to do so -- it is horribly inconvenient that you can't!

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

You can't. That's just the way that Word is. I suppose, since comments and
footnotes both can be viewed in different panes, as well as by hovering the
mouse over the footnote mark or comment mark, the two different kinds of
annotation would tend to compete.

 

[grammatim]

I attach Comments to the footnote reference mark, beginning the
comment with "In this note, ..." (don't give the number, because the
footnote numbering might change).