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Comments on How can I work around or "life hack" Word's failure to 2-column footnotes?

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How can I work around or "life hack" Word's failure to 2-column footnotes?

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harrymc affirmed

I have done some tests on Word 2019, and it seems that the option of "Footnote layout" is now dead and non-functional. [. . .] Your only option is to file a bug-report to Microsoft using the Feedback Hub, then wait for a fix.

Please recommend some workaround, subject to these postulates.

  1. The academic publication requires 1 column text. I can't 2-column the text.

  2. I can't access or downgrade to Word 2013 to 2016.

  3. I have over 900 footnotes that are too unproductive to update manually. Footnotes must be updated automatically.

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Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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I don't understand the question. You have one-column text; what are you trying to do with footnotes?

Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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Could you please slow down? It's better to ask a few questions well than a bunch that are missing critical information. There's plenty of time to ask more. Thanks!

TextKit‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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@MonicaCellio I'm trying to achieve https://powerusers.codidact.com/posts/281755. Apologies. I've been itching for answers to these unsolved questions for months. That's why I'm posting them all now.

manassehkatz‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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Generally speaking, journals, publishers, etc. do not use Word for the final formatting of documents. Word is an incredibly powerful program, but it has its limits, and in fact while a publisher may prefer Word as the source format from authors (quite common), I have a hunch they wouldn't be so concerned about footnote formatting because they will reformat everything in a different program for publication.