You must not be using the footnote functions correctly
or possibly you are using one of the free version online "Word" which does not have support the footnote
capabilities. You select the text you want the footnote to
refer to and MS opens a footnote section at the bottom of the screen for you to enter the footname.
You don't just type the footnote at the bottom.
The footnote reference number appears at the end of the line in the body of the paragraph.
The actual footnote at the bottom of the page starts with the reference number.
If you used the standard insert function function in "Word", it works fine for me. How did you enter the footnotes.
To Insert a footnote.
1. Select the text that you want it to refer to.
2. Click on Reference tab at the top of "Word" .
3. Click on "Insert Footnote". (Alternate Steps for 2 and 3. Press "Alt-Ctl-f" )
(Word automatically adds the correct reference at the end of the line.)
4. Word will open the footnote section at the bottom of the page. It will begin with the reference number..
5. Enter the footname in front of the reference number. Since you enter the information after the reference
the number cannot end on the end.
An Example
In the text:
He said "Grover don't it . It will bankrupt the country".
Select it.
He said "Grover don't it . It will bankrupt the country".(the text is highlighted)
Click on Insert Footnote from reference tab. or Press "Alt-Control-F" to do the same thing.
He said "Grover don't it . It will bankrupt the country".(raised 1 appears here.)
at the bottom Footnotes section appears followed by the cursor wait
(raised 1 is here) _
Type in your Footname
(raised 1) He was speaking to Grover Cleveland. The president of the US at the time.