Re: [libreoffice-users] footnotes numbering problem

At 14:17 20/01/2016 +0100, Wojciech Górnas wrote:
> In this example document, ...

The document is a .docx file. It might be more 
sensible to save this in .odt format.

> ... each footnote number was inserted manually 
> in LibreOffice Writer. Now, is there a way to 
> convert them all to automatically, sequentially numbered footnotes?

I don't see an automatic method, but there is a 
manual techniques that is quite straightforward.

o Either: place the cursor on the first footnote 
anchor, so that it changes from I-beam to a hand, 
and go to right-click | Footnote/Endnote... .
o Or: place the cursor immediately to the left of 
the first footnote anchor and go to Edit | Footnote/Endnote... .
o In the Edit Footnote/Endnote dialogue, the 
Numbering type is shown as Character; change this to Automatic.
o *Don't* click OK, but instead click the 
right-arrow at bottom right to move to the next footnote anchor.
o Repeat the process, clicking Automatic and the right-arrow each time.
o When the right-arrow becomes greyed out, you 
have come to the end of the footnote anchors; click OK.

o The label in the footnote now labelled "D" has 
different format from the others, as it has a 
different paragraph style. Open the Styles and 
Formatting window and correct this.

o The footnotes are now labelled A, B, C, etc. If 
you want to change this - perhaps to the 
conventional 1, 2, 3, etc. - go to Tools | 
Footnotes/Endnotes... | Footnotes | AutoNumbering 
| Numbering and make your choice.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

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