When you open a Microsoft Word 97 document in Word 2000, the first footnote appears on the second page, even though the reference to it appears near the top of the first page. This problem also occurs in earlier versions of Word.

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Word 2000 preserves the footnote layout of previous versions of Word documents.

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In Word 2000, a compatibility option preserves the layout of footnotes as they were in Word 6.x/95/97. This option is turned on by default.

To view or change this option, follow these steps:

1.	Open a new blank document.
2.	On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Compatibility tab.
3.	In the Recommended options for list, click Microsoft Word 97.
4.	In the Options list, click to clear the Lay out footnotes like Word 6.x/95/97 check box.
5.	Click OK.

When you repaginate the document, the footnote is moved to the previous page where it would have appeared in Word 97.

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For information about how to control the placement of footnotes in Word 97, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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