| User | Thread poster: Heinrich Pesch That is not a valid action for footnotes |
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Heinrich Pesch 
Finland
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I got a document for translation with lots of footnotes in it. The footnotes are added by some editor and have no meaning for my translation. When I try to remove one I get the message above.
How to remove footnotes in Word 2010? Or any other office application?
When I save it as plain text the footnotes are gone but the index numbers remain.
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ibz
Switzerland
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Hallo Heinrich
Hast du mal versucht, das Fussnotenzeichen anzuwählen und dann statt löschen ausschneiden zu drücken (Blumenkohl X)? Manchmal funktioniert dieser Trick.
Irene
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Tina Vonhof
Canada
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You need to block the footnote number in the text and delete it, The information at the bottom will then disappear as well.
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
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Tina Vonhof wrote:
You need to block the footnote number in the text and delete it, The information at the bottom will then disappear as well. |
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First I thought this does not help, but it works. I would like to remove them all at once. It is too much of work with 50 footnotes.
[Bearbeitet am 2011-12-05 16:44 GMT]
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Alex Lago
Spain
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| | Use the replace feature | Dec 6, 2011 |
Make sure you are in the main document (that is make sure you aren't in the footnotes area).
Click Ctrl+H
In "Find what:" type "^f" (no quote marks)
In "Replace with:" don't type anything, leave it blank
Click on "Replace All"
Your done
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
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Alex Lago wrote:
Make sure you are in the main document (that is make sure you aren't in the footnotes area).
Click Ctrl+H
In "Find what:" type "^f" (no quote marks)
In "Replace with:" don't type anything, leave it blank
Click on "Replace All"
Your done |
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So easy. Hadn't thought about it.
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Narasimhan Raghavan
India
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| | How about just translating the footnotes? | Dec 6, 2011 |
After all you are translating the text and footnotes too form a part thereof, according to the creator's opinion. Why then doing a judgmental action?
Regards,
N. Raghavan
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
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TOPIC STARTER | | These footnotes would look silly in the translation | Dec 6, 2011 |
Narasimhan Raghavan wrote:
After all you are translating the text and footnotes too form a part thereof, according to the creator's opinion. Why then doing a judgmental action?
Regards,
N. Raghavan |
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Normally you are right, but these footnotes may not be translated. They refer to the process of assembling the text and are of no meaning to the future reader.
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The translation workplace 
