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Q&A How to use special characters in footnote numbering within Word

According to this guide, which uses Microsoft Word 2016 for its screenshots (but things shouldn't have changed too much for other versions), you can restart footnote numbering for each section of y...

posted 4y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:57:42Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:59:59Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/48142
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T12:59:59Z (over 4 years ago)
According to [this](https://www.howtogeek.com/359187/how-to-use-footnotes-and-endnotes-in-microsoft-word/) guide, which uses Microsoft Word 2016 for its screenshots (but things shouldn't have changed too much for other versions), you can restart footnote numbering for each section of your work, and you can pick the number format separately for each section.

To open the footnotes configuration menu:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIT61.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIT61.png)

Within that menu, to restart the footnotes numbering for each section:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r82wC.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r82wC.png)

To use different numerals:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sn2Pa.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sn2Pa.png)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-23T16:27:39Z (over 4 years ago)
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