Microsoft KB Archive/142409

= Footnote Changes Not Retained Using Master Document View =

Article ID: 142409

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q142409



SYMPTOMS
When you edit a footnote of a subdocument while you are in master document view, the changes you make are not retained, even though the status bar indicates that the documents were saved. This problem does not occur when you insert a footnote; it occurs only when you edit the footnote.

This problem does not occur when you edit the subdocument from within the master document or when you open the subdocument as a normal Word document.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed at the top of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.



WORKAROUND
To retain changes you make to footnotes within your subdocuments, use one of the following workarounds.

Method 1: If you are in the master document, do the following:  Double-click the subdocument icon. Modify the footnote. Save and close the subdocument. Save and close the master document.

Method 2:

Open the subdocument outside of the master document, edit the footnote, and then save and close the subdocument.

Additional query words: 6.0 7.0 word95 word7 word6 wordnt ntword winword subdocument footnote sub-document sub document edit edits edited editing redact redacted redacts redacting change changed changing changes modify modified modifying modifies modifys modification alter alters altered altering revise revision revising revised revises corrections gone lost missing disappeared disappearing lose loose loses go away vanish

Keywords: KB142409

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