Imported footnote from word won't be removed in indesign textbox

I have such an annoying problem!
I got a indesign doc from my client, they already imported the text (with styles) from word for me.
But now, I keep having problems wit a footnotecontainer that doesn't want to be deleted from my text box. It stays in the bottom of my indesign text box, visible with a black line.
I tried everything I know to delete it, but goes beyond my knowledge of indesign (which is quite a lot). Does anyone have a solution for me??
Regards and thanks, Liek

Liek,
Je hebt de tekst van de voetnoot weggegooid in het vakje voor de voetnoot-tekst. Maar op de pagina zelf staat ergens nog de voetnoot-vermelding, en dus krijg je toch nog een leeg vak onderaan. Als je de vermelding weggooit verdwijnt het vak ook.
De gemakkelijkste manier om de vermelding te vinden is dit:
1. Klik met de tekstcursor in het onderste voetnoot-vak.
2. Klik daarna op de rechtermuisknop om het Tekst menu op te roepen.
3. Kies "Ga naar Voetnoot Referentie" (uh ... ik heb een Engelse versie, en daar heet-ie "Go to Footnote Reference". Je vindt het wel Hij staat min of meer in het midden van het menu.)
4. De tekstcursor zou nu direct achter de vermelding moeten staan. 1x Backspace en hij is weg.
Als dit niet lukt proberen we wat anders.
(In English, for those with the same problem:
1. Click inside the Footnote box at the bottom
2. From the context pop-up menu, choose "Go to Footnote Reference"
3. Select "Go to Footnote Reference", somewhere near the middle of the menu list.
4. The text cursor moves to behind the reference. Use Backspace to delete it.
If this doesn't work we'll have ta try something else.

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