On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 15:41:27 -0000 "Lumi" <l...@lumilinna.co.uk> wrote:
> I am using Open Office 4.0.1 to edit a document loaded as a Microsoft Word > (.doc file) . > > Adding marginal comments using Ctrl/Alt/C in the main text is > straightforward. Adding comments on a footnote is not. The RH slide bar to > move through text simply jumps repeatedly across the existing screen text. > > As a temporary measure, I have added an explanatory comment attached to the > footnote number in the main text, referring to the difficulty and listing the > changes I wanted made to the footnote itself. Is there a neater way of doing > this? Or have I uncovered a genuine bug in the program? > > Regards > > Gordon Snow The MS Office filters have been reverse engineered, so some anomalies are to be expected. I've tried commenting a footnote: saved as .odt, this reloads correctly. Saved as .doc (Word 97), the comment is lost on reload. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
