On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Pinkham, Jim <Jim.Pinkham at voith.com> wrote: >> I have a series of footnotes associated with tables on the same page. >> The first and second are normal. The third references the same footnote >> as the second. Because the precedent is not to add an identical footnote >> and call it 3, this is accomplished by a cross-reference to the third >> footnote. However, the next footnote should be footnote 3, and the >> numbering instead reverts to 1. My fiddling with Format - Document - >> Numbering and the footnote tab is, thus far, to no avail. >> >> Here's what my section of this page looks like: >> >> http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=484457. (Beware the big download >> button and look instead for the small "Proceed to file download page" >> just above it.) >> What to do? >> >> Jim >> >> BTW, I'm also open to suggestions for a better way to share a file but >> not attach it. >> _______________________________________________
Hi, Jim: If I understand your situation correctly, I believe multiple references to the same footnote should use the same reference number in the main text or table cell text. Using this model, your second reference to footnote 2 should also display 2, so you may want to change your approach and use the cross-reference technique to capture the number 2 from the second footnote, rather than faking an increment to 3. If a new footnote reference is inserted before footnote 1 or 2, they'll increment correctly; the cross-reference to multiple instances of 2 may require a cross-reference update action, but otherwise, as any cross-reference, these are self-maintaining. HTH Regards, Peter __________________ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices