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About Mahesh
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I will be able to answer questions relating to MsWord operations. Any kind of troubleshooting, formatting tricks, shortcuts, etc. which people will need help on.

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I have been a word processor and handling a word processing team for 3yrs. Also been a trainer for word processing.

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I had been a expert in this panel before.

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B.Sc (Physics)

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Microsoft Word - restarting footnote numbering

Expert: Mahesh - 10/22/2009

Question
I am trying to restart the footnote numbering for only one section. The section is in my appendices and is a manual. The footnotes for the manual need to be separate from the main paper. I have section breaks for each chapter in the main paper to help with page number formatting.

Answer
Hi David,

Since I am not sure about the version of Ms Word you are using, I will give you a generic answer.

When you insert a footnote, you get a dialog box where you choose various options for the footnote you are about to enter. in that same dialog box there will be a drop down to specify the type of numbering the footnote should follow. If you check the drop-down list, you will see an option "Restart at every section". You will have to choose this option to make your footnote start at one in every section.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Mahesh K

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