

Help users increase productivity by automatically signing up for TechRepublic’s free Microsoft Office Suite newsletter, featuring Word, Excel, and Access tips, delivered each Wednesday. Word displays the Footnote and Endnote dialog box. Click the small downward-pointing arrow at the lower-right corner of the Footnotes group. Click to select the Continue From Previous List button and then click OK.Ĭheck out the Microsoft Word archive, and catch up on other Word tips. Word allows you to change how it handles footnote numbering by following these steps: Make sure the References tab is selected on the ribbon.Follow these steps to correct this situation: The Set Numbering Value will also correct instances where clicking Continue Numbering will not work - for example, when you want one list to continue numbering from another above it. When you set the Set Value text box to a number, your list will start with that number when Restart does not start with 1, it’s best to check and reset the Set Value text box according to the steps above.
• In the Set Value text box, type 1 and then click OK. footnotes in captions are especially tricky: they present problems of their own, on top of the problems one experiences with footnotes in section titles ( footnotes migrating to to the list of figures or tables, or apparently random errors because footnote is a fragile command), and with footnotes in tables (typically, the footnote simply.Every Word document includes at least one section.

Rather than try to renumber, follow these steps: A 'section' in Word is quite specific: your page breaks are not defining different Word sections for that, you need to use section breaks (Insert > Layout > Breaks > Section Breaks).Then, in the Footnote and Endnote dialog, you can select Numbering: Restart each section and then Apply changes to: Whole document.

You want the numbered list in your Word document to start at 1, but it keeps starting at 4, even if you select Restart Numbering from the shortcut menu. Rather than try to renumber, try this tip from Mary Ann Richardson. It can be frustrating the numbered list in your Word document keeps starting at the wrong number - even if you select Restart Numbering from the shortcut menu. Correct a Word document when lists won’t renumber correctly
