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Old 04-09-2018, 09:01 AM
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Hey guys,
I've been using this macro forever in Mac 2011 to insert specific formatted footnotes. It does not work properly in Mac 2016 when I run the macro with a keyboard shortcut-the cursor does not show up anywhere until you click the page somewhere. However when you run the macro from the visual editor it works like it should. Here's the code-




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Sub InsertFootnote()
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range
With Selection
   .Paragraphs(1).Range.Font.Reset
   .Paragraphs(1).Range.Characters(2) = ""
   .InsertAfter ". " & vbTab
   .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
   Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=4
   Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
  Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=4
End With
End Sub
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With the code you're using, the insertion point should show up in the footnote, not in "the page somewhere". Try:
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Sub InsertFootnote()
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range
With Selection.Paragraphs.Last.Range
   .Font.Reset
   .Characters.Last.Previous.Text = ". " & vbTab
   .Characters.Last.Previous.Select
End With
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
End Sub
Instead of starting each footnote with a tab character before the reference, you really should do a one-off modification of the 'Footnote Text' Style to give it a first-line indent.
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Old 04-09-2018, 05:42 PM
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Thanks Paul, always something to learn from the master. It still does the same thing with the new code. I'm thinking that this is a bug in the Mac 2016 version. When you run the code from within the visual editor it works like it always does-the cursor flashes at the point of typing in the footnote area. Not so when you use a keyboard shortcut, the cursor appears nowhere, you have to click on the doc somewhere. I'll have to get in touch with MS.
P.S. When I run either code in Windows 7 or 8 with Word 2010 or 2013 it works like it should. Weird-
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