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BriGB
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Dec 03, 2021

Sections Breaks option not available in document

I created a document, initially in OpenOffice and saved as Word 2003.  I recently opened it in Word 2019 and saved it as .docx I put in endnotes to appear at the end of each section which worked f...
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Stefan_Blom
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Dec 03, 2021

BriGB 

 

You can't insert a section break in the endnote area. Instead, you have to insert your section break at the end of the main body of the document.

 

You can suppress the display of endnotes for all sections except for the one where you want the notes to appear. Use the "Suppress endnotes" option in the Page Setup dialog box. 

 

For more, see https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/Formatting/FootnoteFAQ.htm#TextAfterNotes (but note that the article hasn't been updated for the most recent versions of Word).

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BriGB
Copper Contributor
Dec 03, 2021
Many thanks, Stefan. I sassed that a few moments ago. Thanks for the info on suppressing. That will be useful until I've compile all the sections of the book.
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    WesleyTW
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    Jan 29, 2025

    But, here's what I want. Chapter 1 ends with its customary endnotes., Chapter 2 begns and its endnotes, from 1-55 or so, appear at the end of Chapter 2. The pagination continues from Chapter 1, to 2, etc without a break. Is that how section breaks work if my Word is working correctly? Or am i expecting too much?

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