WD2000: Footnotes Are Not Displayed in Web Layout View (220179)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q220179

SYMPTOMS

When you view your Word document in Web layout view, footnotes contained in your document do not appear.

NOTE: To switch to Web layout view, click Web Layout on the View menu.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, view the footnotes in your document in your Web browser by doing one of the following:

  • Open the Word document in your Web browser.

    -or-

  • On the File menu in Word, click Web Page Preview.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Web layout view is a view of your document as it appears in a Web browser. For example, the document appears as one long page (without page breaks), and text and tables wrap to fit within the window.

When you view your Word document in Web layout view, your document exhibits the same limitations as if you saved the document as a Web page.

For additional information about the limitations of saving as a Web page, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212270 WD2000: Limitations of Converting from Word Document Format to Web Page Format

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/6/2000
Keywords:kbbug KB220179
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