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[CS2 JS] Convert manual footnotes to dynamic

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From: Michael_Fontecchio
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:29
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Hi All,

I saw a similiar thread to this, but it doesn't quite do what I need.

I basically have a document that I placed footnotes manually in and need to make them dynamic. I'm hoping someone can help me out with this.

I would like to go to an insertion point and run a script that could do the following:

1. Inserts the footnote number automatically where the active cursor is.
2. Asks for the footnote text (I'd like to be able to select it from the bottom of the page and then have the script copy then delete it from that text box).
3. It then pastes the dynamic footnote on the page.

Perhaps there is an easier way to do this that I'm missing? All suggestions are welcome.

Thanks for any assistance.
Mike
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