Sorry about resurrecting an old, superficially solved thread.
But: The solution works great, as long as there are no footnotes added or deleted.

Deleting a footnote will not change the numbering of the following footnotes.
Adding a footnote anywhere in the document will open a new level of footnotes (starting with 1 or whatever one stets the counter to).
I will have to do both, deleting and adding footnotes.

I would highly appreciate if anyone with a deeper understanding of the macro and the way how footnotes work in Word could help me getting to grips with the macro-generated footnotes.


I am using Office 2010 Professional Plus on Windows 10.