Can you see the seemingly missing footnote in Normal view, if you click View
| Footnotes?

Also, are you inserting the notes in table cells?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Bristol" <Bristol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A9A1438-D383-4C77-A1EA-923A484AA243@microsoft.com...
>I already have two footnote that are OK.
> I tried to enter a third, the location dropped to the bottom of the next
> page below the margin line, no number appeared, and when I type no text
> appears. Font color is set on automatic and the footnote table looks the
> same
> as normal with continuous numbering.
> Version is Word 2002 SP2
> What is happening and how can I correct it?
> Thanks.