Word and Footnotes

I just updated Logos with the most recent update and then also I am using Microsoft Word version 15.28, and when I copy from a commentary and paste into Word, it's no longer auto-footnoting it any more. It's juts putting the citation directly after the quote in the body of my document.

Is there a setting I changed on accident? Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Francis

Have you checked what the "copy footnotes as" is set at under Tools, Program Settings?

Jonathan Bradley

Yes, I have. I've tried all the options.

Rick

There might be a setting in Word that needs to be corrected. Pictures will follow my instructions for clarity.

1. On the Ribbon select "References"

2. Click on the little arrow next to "Footnotes".

3. When the box pops up, ensure that "Footnotes" and "Bottom of Page" are selected.

Jonathan Bradley

It's set as such. Those are the default settings in Word, as far as I know.

Francis

Just checking: when you attempt to put a footnote yourself in Word, does it still appear normally at the bottom of the page?

Jonathan Bradley

Yes. I can manually do it with no problem. I mean, honestly, it's not that big of a deal having to do it manually. I guess I got used to the nice functionality of it doing it for me.

Every time, with every setting, this is how it pastes into Word:

JoshInRI

I am also having the same issue.

(RE-EDITED AND DELETED A SECTION LATER HERE)

Addendum:

I got it to work finally....had to copy an entire sentence from my Logos source and then delete out what I did not need. In short, copying and citing just a few words does not work.

PetahChristian

Why O Why are the simplest most obvious things challenging to do in Logos. It used to work??!!!!

In this case, you're dealing with two different applications, developed by two different companies, and a change in one program affected the other.

Things break at times, which are outside of FL's control, and FL fixes issues in upcoming releases.

While this particular issue may be a nuisance for you at present, it doesn't hurt to be thankful for word processors and bible study software that we didn't have a couple of decades ago.

Graham Criddle

In short, copying and citing just a few words does not work. Thanks

This is by design - and has been the case for a long time. I believe the lower limit is about 40 characters

Jonathan Bradley

As far as I know, the only people having problems are those who subscribe to the Office Insider program, which is basically the Office 365 Beta program. So, chances are, the issue is a Microsoft one, not one with Logos.

Also, someone mentioned doing a "Paste Special" and pasting as RTF, and that does work, placing the footnotes at the bottom. It's an extra step, however, it takes less time to Paste something in then copy and paste into a manually created footnote (going step by step to create it).

I am perfectly okay with a few extra steps, especially knowing that it was my choice in joining the Office Insider program that probably caused this to not work.

Philana R. Crouch

As far as I know, the only people having problems are those who subscribe to the Office Insider program, which is basically the Office 365 Beta program. So, chances are, the issue is a Microsoft one, not one with Logos.

Jon,

With the recent update pushed by Microsoft Office normal office user now have the issue. We do have a case open for this problem. It was a change in Word.

Debora Piper

Thanks for letting us know, Philana. I am looking forward to this being figured out as I complete my thesis (complete with Turabian formatting) this spring. I am praying for Microsoft's cooperation in correcting this.

Jonathan Bradley

Check out this thread that went up about a workaround for the problem using a macro in Word

Matthew Hinson

I also am having this issue. I am using Word for Mac and have an Office 365 subscription as others have noted. I haven't tried the RTF work around yet, but will see if that works for me.

Whyndell Grizzard

Word is one of the worst formatted commentaries in Logos- its absolutely awful.

Keith Pang

This is about Microsoft Word lol

Jonathan Bradley

This is about Microsoft Word lol

This had me in tears lol

Debora Piper

Thanks for the link. So grateful to find the step-by-step directions for setting this up.

Keith Pang

This is fixed in the new MS Word update 16.9 Office 365 Subscription

Aaron Baldridge

Thanks for letting us know. I will be sure to update Word.