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I have provided first hand support since `95 for Microsoft Office majoring in Word and Excel - support for all versions of Word from 2 onwards

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Microsoft Word - Word 2000 - Footnote Cross References

Expert: Aidan Heritage - 7/2/2009

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QUESTION: I am working on a manuscript. When I click on Insert - Footnote - OK, the reference number that appears in the body of the text is a small superscript. Just what I want. When I want to refer to a previously entered footnote, I click on Format - Cross Reference. I then choose the footnote I want and click OK, but the reference number appearing in the body of the text is normal size and not superscript. Is there a way to make those numbers automatically appear as superscript so I don't have to go to the Format Font menu to change each one? Thanks!

ANSWER: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211676

should hopefully be the answer you need

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QUESTION: Do I understand correctly that I would still have to go through that routine for each cross-referenced item? If so, I find it much quicker and easier to make the change by selecting the reference number, clicking on "Font" in the Format Menu, then clicking superscript. I was hoping for a way to make the numbers be automatically superscript.

The final two steps of the instructions (4., d. and e.) confused me. d. "With the insertion point in the field, press F9 to update the field." When I did that, the superscript number did appear. But e. "Press SHIFT+F9 to show the cross-reference. When I did that, the field code reappeared ... not the cross-reference. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer
I think the instructions are probably badly worded, and yes, it does appear that you would have to do this for all fields - though you COULD have a macro to do this for you. Shift F9 is the keyboard shortcut to toggle field codes, so should only need to be pressed if the field code is actually visible.

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