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WD98: Footnote/Endnote Deleted by Grammar Check

Article ID: 181235

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006


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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:

  • The custom reference mark is @ (an "at" sign).

    -and-
  • The custom reference mark follows a period.

    -and-
  • 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 this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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