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Turn footnotes into sidenotes
Is there a way to turn footnotes in a Word document into sidenotes (Say in the right-hand margin of the document)? |
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There is nothing built into Word to do this. It would be a manual process or use a macro and would never be automatic. Word is set up for endnotes and footnotes.
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Are there any good downloadable books on how to write your own macros. I can do very simple ones only.
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Here are some resources: Writing Word Macros: An Introduction to Programming Word using VBA: PhD Steven Roman https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/MacrosVBA/index.htm Installing Macros VBA Code Examples (3) Install/Employ VBA Procedures (Macros) I do not want to throw cold water on your enthusiasm, but
Those can be anchored to a particular paragraph of text. Also, would Comments work for what you want? |
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Converting footnotes into sidenotes would be far from a trivial undertaking (i.e. it's not something a novice should attempt - I would blanche at having to code such a thing) and doing so could make the document a nightmare to edit. Perhaps you could achieve the desired result using Word's Comment tool. Comments can be set up to appear in the right 'margin'; the downside is that the space for them is reserved even on pages that have no comments.
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Thank you for the replies. I have decided against the "sidenotes" and will be sticking to footnotes.
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Do take a look at the comment feature, though. It may do some things you want. At least comments do link back to the text. |
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Oops. It came up in a Word search. Sorry.
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