AA> No, I mean that it replaces the original footer with the
AA> footnote.  It  has nothing to do with the printer - I've had
AA> two different ones.
I have no idea what's happening.  I asked about the printer because the 
printer has a profound effect on the way Word formats things, even while 
viewing them on screen.  There is a tight coupling between the printer driver 
and screen formatting.
On the screen, one piece of text can overlay another, making it appear as if 
it was wiped out, but its really just one line overwriting another.
I would suggest you try the old trick of renaming NORMAL.DOT while Word is 
shutdown, then restarting it.  That will create a new default NORMAL.DOT and 
eliminate any problems in this critical file.
Bob
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