Footnotes in Word - Help!
October 12, 2011 6:49 PM Subscribe
Footnotes in Word - Help!
I need to restructure the first chapter of my thesis, and want to do this by cutting and pasting to a new document. Word (2007) however, has decided that it does not want to copy my footnotes along with the selected text.
Furthermore, when I paste the text into a new document, the formatting goes la-la-la and puts everything single spaced in Ariel (which is not the font I'm using).
I don't remember Word 2002 Pro getting up to this kind of nonsense. Can anybody tell me what Word (or I) am doing wrong?
I need to restructure the first chapter of my thesis, and want to do this by cutting and pasting to a new document. Word (2007) however, has decided that it does not want to copy my footnotes along with the selected text.
Furthermore, when I paste the text into a new document, the formatting goes la-la-la and puts everything single spaced in Ariel (which is not the font I'm using).
I don't remember Word 2002 Pro getting up to this kind of nonsense. Can anybody tell me what Word (or I) am doing wrong?
Best answer: Have you tried using "Paste Special" instead of paste? Often when I have trouble with Word or Excel losing formatting when I paste, it's because it wants me to Paste Special instead.
No, I don't know why it's special. It's just paste-ier, I guess!
In Word 2007, click the Paste clipboard icon that's on the far left-hand corner. You will then be able to choose Paste Special. I think you will probably want to choose the first item on the list it gives you, "Microsoft Office Word Document Object."
posted by ErikaB at 7:00 PM on October 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
No, I don't know why it's special. It's just paste-ier, I guess!
In Word 2007, click the Paste clipboard icon that's on the far left-hand corner. You will then be able to choose Paste Special. I think you will probably want to choose the first item on the list it gives you, "Microsoft Office Word Document Object."
posted by ErikaB at 7:00 PM on October 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Thanks ErikaB! It really IS extra special.
posted by New England Cultist at 7:53 PM on October 12, 2011
posted by New England Cultist at 7:53 PM on October 12, 2011
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An easier way to do this might be to do a Save As and re-save your entire work with a new name, and then edit away in that. Then you don't have to copy it all into a new document.
posted by bluedaisy at 6:55 PM on October 12, 2011