Word 2003 Footnote has Ten (10!) Returns Between Line and Text

And I didn't put them there. Worse, I can't figure out how to make them go
away, nor can I find anything about this issue in the various databases. I've
never seen this before -- has anyone else had this issue?

One thing I did notice, not that it helped, is that while the phantom
returns are greyed out in Normal or Page View, if I open the Header and
Footer they become black. Not accessible, but clearly somehow connected. Very
strange! And, um, not too attractive.

Suzanne
Thu Sep 25 12:56:17 PDT 2008

In Normal view, choose View | Footnotes, which displays the footnote pane.
On the toolbar is a single dropdown. Click the arrow and choose Footnote
Separator. Delete the excess paragraph marks and close.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Anemone" <Anemone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41AC52D8-4BD7-4E2E-AD0E-70AF91432927@microsoft.com...
> And I didn't put them there. Worse, I can't figure out how to make them go
> away, nor can I find anything about this issue in the various databases.
> I've
> never seen this before -- has anyone else had this issue?
>
> One thing I did notice, not that it helped, is that while the phantom
> returns are greyed out in Normal or Page View, if I open the Header and
> Footer they become black. Not accessible, but clearly somehow connected.
> Very
> strange! And, um, not too attractive.
>

Anemone
Thu Sep 25 13:39:01 PDT 2008

Thanks, but no luck. I'm in Normal view, and I can see the "Footnotes" in the
View menu, but it's greyed out. Do you have a Plan B?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> In Normal view, choose View | Footnotes, which displays the footnote pane.
> On the toolbar is a single dropdown. Click the arrow and choose Footnote
> Separator. Delete the excess paragraph marks and close.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Anemone" <Anemone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:41AC52D8-4BD7-4E2E-AD0E-70AF91432927@microsoft.com...
> > And I didn't put them there. Worse, I can't figure out how to make them go
> > away, nor can I find anything about this issue in the various databases.
> > I've
> > never seen this before -- has anyone else had this issue?
> >
> > One thing I did notice, not that it helped, is that while the phantom
> > returns are greyed out in Normal or Page View, if I open the Header and
> > Footer they become black. Not accessible, but clearly somehow connected.
> > Very
> > strange! And, um, not too attractive.
> >
>
>
>

Anemone
Thu Sep 25 13:53:01 PDT 2008

Whoops! Never mind ... I got so frustrated that I deleted the footnote, and
then forgot that I'd done that. Once I put it back in, your solution worked
perfectly. Thanks, Suzanne!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> In Normal view, choose View | Footnotes, which displays the footnote pane.
> On the toolbar is a single dropdown. Click the arrow and choose Footnote
> Separator. Delete the excess paragraph marks and close.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Anemone" <Anemone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:41AC52D8-4BD7-4E2E-AD0E-70AF91432927@microsoft.com...
> > And I didn't put them there. Worse, I can't figure out how to make them go
> > away, nor can I find anything about this issue in the various databases.
> > I've
> > never seen this before -- has anyone else had this issue?
> >
> > One thing I did notice, not that it helped, is that while the phantom
> > returns are greyed out in Normal or Page View, if I open the Header and
> > Footer they become black. Not accessible, but clearly somehow connected.
> > Very
> > strange! And, um, not too attractive.
> >
>
>
>

Suzanne
Thu Sep 25 14:58:59 PDT 2008

Good--you had me worried there!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Anemone" <Anemone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56DE48C8-C05D-489C-B17A-8400E7E15BF0@microsoft.com...
> Whoops! Never mind ... I got so frustrated that I deleted the footnote,
> and
> then forgot that I'd done that. Once I put it back in, your solution
> worked
> perfectly. Thanks, Suzanne!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> In Normal view, choose View | Footnotes, which displays the footnote
>> pane.
>> On the toolbar is a single dropdown. Click the arrow and choose Footnote
>> Separator. Delete the excess paragraph marks and close.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "Anemone" <Anemone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:41AC52D8-4BD7-4E2E-AD0E-70AF91432927@microsoft.com...
>> > And I didn't put them there. Worse, I can't figure out how to make them
>> > go
>> > away, nor can I find anything about this issue in the various
>> > databases.
>> > I've
>> > never seen this before -- has anyone else had this issue?
>> >
>> > One thing I did notice, not that it helped, is that while the phantom
>> > returns are greyed out in Normal or Page View, if I open the Header and
>> > Footer they become black. Not accessible, but clearly somehow
>> > connected.
>> > Very
>> > strange! And, um, not too attractive.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>