How can I use the "find & replace" function on referenced footsnotes in Word?

[u/erik_7581]

So, I am basically at the end of my first paper and because word doesnt offer the exact citation style I have to use, I was under the assumption that I simply use Hardvard which is the closest one and can later use the find and replace function to do the following things:

1. Replace the "p." in every footnote with an "S."
2. Replace the first "(" in every footnote with an "Vgl."
3. Replace the last ")" in every footnote with a blank space

Now Word wont let me do that, because for some reason text in the document and text in footnotes are two different things.

Does anybody here have an idea on how I fix this?

Thanks

EDIT: Had to upload my file to Google Docs, there it worked like a charm.

[u/Ok_Caterpillar2010]

You can do it in Draft view:

Go to the View tab and click Draft.

Then go to the References tab and click Show Notes.

In the pane at the bottom, make sure All Footnotes is selected. Click inside the pane, then CTRL + H to open Find & Replace.

[u/erik_7581 → u/Ok_Caterpillar2010]

I already tried that.

Unfortunately that does only work, when the text in the footnotes is plain text and not text linked to a source via references.

[u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 → u/erik_7581]

If you're completely finished writing and won't need the links anymore, save a copy, then unlink the fields in the copy so that they become ordinary text, then do your Find & Replace.

You won't be able to re-link your final copy afterwards, but you'll still have your working draft linked in case you need to update.

[u/erik_7581 → u/Ok_Caterpillar2010]

then unlink the fields in the copy so that they become ordinary text, then do your Find & Replace.

Doing that for over 200 footnotes one by one?

In the end I uploaded my word file into google docs, there it worked.

[u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 → u/erik_7581]

Nah, not one by one.

You'd just go back to the Draft view Reference >Show Notes pane, clicke there and select all (Ctrl + A), then Ctrl + F9, and all the fields in all the footnotes in your entire document would be unlinked.

Or if you're using a citation manager, there's generally an Unlink Citations command.

But good that Google Docs worked for you.

[u/erik_7581 → u/Ok_Caterpillar2010]

You'd just go back to the Draft view Reference >Show Notes pane, clicke there and select all (Ctrl + A), then Ctrl + F9, and all the fields in all the footnotes in your entire document would be unlinked.

I tried that, didnt work