Re: Make footnotes span 2 columns?

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:46:15 -0600

While it is true that this doesn't work if you insert a footnote in a
single-column section *before* the multi-column section, it will work if you
insert it in a single-column section *following* the multi-column section.
I'll grant you this is not a very helpful workaround for pages with many
footnotes. The developers are focusing on long-document issues for the next
version of Word; I'll be sure they are aware of this one. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"HansJ" <HansJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8197F2D2-50F4-4C8A-82BC-9C1D1E09C4A6@microsoft.com...
> By the way: Your method does not work in Word 2003. If there is one
section
> with one column followed by one with two on the same page, trying to
insert a
> footnote in the first section will produce a page break.
>
> Is there any way to contact Microsoft to let them know that footnotes
> spanning two columns would be a nice feature in future versions of Word?
>
> Best wishes,
> HansJ