Re: [libreoffice-users] footnotes numbering problem

Hello, thank you both for your answers. A new link to the same document, 
saved as ODT: https://copy.com/t38Z7xRx9CrSjiNI – hope this one will 
open flawlessly.


> I don't see an automatic method, but there is a manual techniques that 
> is quite straightforward.
I know the manual way of doing it – although I had a good reason to ask 
about an automatic method: the original file contains 1000+ footnotes :)
This should have been written it at the very beginning: I am quite 
familiar with LO Writer and really have tried out different options. I 
decided ask my question because I really don't know what to do now.
Wojciech

> 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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