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WD97: Footnote/Endnote Deleted by Grammar Check

Article ID: 163459

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007


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SYMPTOMS

When you use the Grammar Checker, footnotes or endnotes may be deleted from your document.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
  • A custom reference mark of @ (an "at" sign) was used to mark a footnote or endnote.

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  • The custom reference mark follows a period.

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  • You click the Change button in the Spelling & Grammar dialog box while the Grammar Checker is running.

WORKAROUND

Use a different custom footnote or endnote reference mark.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

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