microsoft.public.word.vba.general

"Trevor" wrote:

> Can this be done with a macro?
>
> Can this be done at all without third-party software?

Could you be less cryptic and provide more details?
Why would you want to do this?

If you unlink a footnote, it disappears.
You mean you would like a footnote to stay at the bottom of the page, in the
footnote section, but be able to delete the corresponding footnote indicator
in the text above??

The easiest would be to set the footnote indicator font to hidden. You can
also set the style "Footnote Reference" to hidden. So all numbers in the
whole document (both in the text and those at the bottom, next to each
footnote) will not be printed or visible unless hidden text is dislpayed or
printed on purpose.