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How can I remove ALL footnotes or endnotes from a Pages document

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Posted on Jul 13, 2017 2:34 AM

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Jul 13, 2017 4:47 AM in response to SnapperGraham

Hi Graham,


In Pages 6, Find & Replace often requires 'Menu > Edit > Find > Use Selection for Find' for such a task.

Here is a screenshot of a Pages 6 document with Menu > View > Show Invisibles and Show Layout for some clarity.

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Select any footnote number in the body of the document. I selected footnote number 1 after $5.99.

Menu > Edit > Use Selection for Find.

Menu > Edit > Find (command f) to bring up the Find & Replace box. You won't see anything in the Find field, but a footnote 'token' is there. Don't type anything in the Replace field (it will replace with "nothing").

Click on the right arrow in that box to start the search

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Click on Replace All

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All gone!


Regards,

Ian.


Edit: 'Use Selection for Find' really is a footnote token. I tested with several superscripts and only the selected superscript was replaced. Other superscripts were ignored. Ian.

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