Re: Cannot get rid of footnotes

From: Grant (gpsnett_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:45:15 +1000

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Sorry for the outburst but Word just got
the better of me in the end. As an IT admin person I know all too well about
the issue of viruses so I know exactly where Uncle Joe is coming from - I
was faced with going through about 50 documents none of which are less than
4 megs, and manually removing all these references - that combined with
seeing this error message about 100 times: 'that is not a valid action for
footnotes' is what nearly caused my insanity - Im not implying sanity
either - something in between though.

Could you tell me what the problem was?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr@NOmvpsSPAM.org> wrote in message
news:O3Xtz$UIEHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Grant,
>
> Attachments are not permitted in newsgroups that do not include the word
> binaries in the title of the newsgroup.
>
> The comments that Uncle Joe has made did not preclude two other people
from
> trying to help you. However, knowing those people, I know that they would
> not open your attachment. Sometimes however, I am prepared to play
Russian
> Roulette
>
> Run the following macro and it will get rid of the footnotes.
>
> Dim afootnote As Footnote, mytext As String
> For Each afootnote In ActiveDocument.Footnotes
> mytext = afootnote.Reference.Text
> afootnote.Reference.InsertBefore mytext
> afootnote.Reference.Delete
> Next
>
>
> --
> Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
> benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
> directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Hope this helps
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> "Grant" <gpsnett@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4C5qLUIEHA.364@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Your stupid comments about bugs in my document have probably prevented
me
> > getting a solution to this problem. Ive had to post 5 times to try and
> > describe the problem when all it would take is someone to open the
> document
> > and see for themselves. I have NAV with the latest definitions - and a
> virus
> > free computer. If you had any sense you would too. That said, is it so
> > difficult to save the document and virus scan the thing? If that is done
> and
> > you disable macros then what damage can a Word doco do? You didnt even
> > attempt a solution. Whats the difference betweeen saving it to your
> computer
> > from a public URL or from an attachement?
> >
> >
> > "Uncle Joe" <Uncle Jose@anonymous.net> wrote in message
> > news:eD08jJPIEHA.3248@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Please don't attach documents. We have no idea
> > > what kind of "bugs" could be in your document.
> > >
> > > If you have a website, paste the documents
> > > there and give us the URL(s) thereof.
> > >
> > > If not, simulate the footnote text in another note.
> > >
> > > I, for one, won't go near an attachment. Sorry.
> > >
> > > "Grant" <gpsnett@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:uBuXr8OIEHA.3044@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Ive attached a document which contains a few examples of footnotes
> > > that I
> > > > dont know how to get rid of. The footnotes attach to words - unlike
> > > what I
> > > > am used to where numbers usually appear next to the words that
> > > contain
> > > > footnotes. As you can see in the footnoes section there is nothing
> > > except a
> > > > full stop which links to words in the main document?
> > > >
> > > > This is very confusing and I cant seem to get rid of the footnotes
> > > section.
> > > > Can anyone show me how to clear the document of all these
> > > references?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > > Grant
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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