WD: Continuous Section Break with Footnotes Causes Page Break

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1 6.0.1a
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you insert a continuous section break between two footnotes formatted to show at the bottom of the page, the page will incorrectly break at the first footnote reference number below the section break.

WORAROUND

To work around this problem, convert the footnotes to appear at the end of the document. To do this, use the procedure appropriate for your version of Word.

Word Versions 6.x and Later

In Word versions 6.x and later, follow these steps:

1. On the Insert menu, click Footnote, and then click Options.

2. Click Convert and make sure that "Convert all footnotes to endnotes" is selected.

3. Click OK twice.

4. Click Close in the Footnote and Endnote dialog box.

Word 2.x

In Word versions 2.x, follow these steps:

1. On the Insert menu, click Footnote and then click the Options button.

2. Under Place At, select End of Document.

3. Click OK.

4. Click Close in the Footnote and Endnote dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.