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Charles Kenyon · 02-20-2023, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RRB

Thank you very much for responding to my question I never knew that section breaks take a heavy toll on formatting! Wow!
What I'm trying to accomplish is that one ever there is a certain style this should indicate word to begin footnote numbering anew via the option in footnotes to start the numbering in each section from one.
Any novel ideas?
Thank you again
Susan

OK
No way to do that with a Style.

You do need a Section Break to restart footnote numbering.

You could create a macro and add a button to your Quick Access Toolbar to insert an Odd-Page or New-Page section break.
- Modifying the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Microsoft Word
- You could also/instead tie it to a keyboard shortcut.

You could put that break together with text in a style and save it as AutoText or a Building Block. That could be attached to a Keyboard shortcut.
- AutoText
- Create reusable text snippets

Here is a macro to insert such a break. It was simply recorded. A macro could also apply a paragraph style after the section break if you want.

Code:

Sub SectionBreakOddPageInsert()
' Charles Kenyon 2023-02-20
    Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakOddPage
End Sub

Instructions for Installing Macros from Forums or Websites by Graham Mayor, MVP

By the way, I added renumbering footnotes to the list of reasons for a Section break on my web pages. Thank you.