Hi

This is my first post, i have a word document with one column footnotes, is there a way to change or convert the existing footnotes from one column into two columns ?
Thanks in advance.



Younan

On the References Ribbon Tab there is a Footnotes Section. Click on the dialog launcher icon in the bottom right corner of that section of the ribbon - it opens the Footnote and Endnote dialog where you can specify how many columns you want for the Footnote Layout.

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

There is also a different way to reach the Footnote and Endnote dialog box: You can right-click the footnote text, in the footnote area at the bottom of the page, and choose Note Options from the context menu.

Keep in mind that if you are saving to the older *.doc format, multi-column footnotes are only supported if the whole document is formatted with multiple columns.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Hello,
Thanks for the replies, but the answers would work if i start a new word document, but i already have a document with footnotes in old column and i want to change it to two column footnotes. is there a way to do that ?
Attaching a picture of my document.

Thanks in advance

Younan

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Did you try the Footnote and Endnote dialog box? As long as you save the document in the *.docx format, you can change the number of columns.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

I will attach the word file, could you please try to change the footnote to two columns, cause the suggestions are not working for me.

Thanks in advance

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Thanks for the sample. I had to "upgrade" the document to the most recent version of the *.docx format for the footnotes to display properly in two columns. I am attaching the document.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Hello Stefan,

I am very grateful for your help, could you explain precisely what did you do ? wil it work if i am running office 2016 ?
Again thank you very much for your help.

Younan

I re-saved the document so that it is no longer in compatibility mode. After that, I could use the Footnote and Endnote dialog box and specify a two-column layout for the footnotes.

I don't remember exactly which version introduced the possibility to specify multi-column footnotes (even if the main body of the document is a single column). Is it possible that your document was intentionally saved so that it should be compatible with older versions of the Word file format?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Thanks for your reply and your help.