Oh, the glories of footnote problems...

Hello all. I am having a problem with footnotes.
The footnotes were running through the entire document without a problem. The document is about 150 pages long, and the footnotes need to be numbered continuously throughout the document. I must have done SOMETHING when I saved, because now the footnotes are re-numbering from 1 for each chapter. I have not split the book into chapters or sections. Any help? How do I fix this? Way to go, third day at my new job!
--Chryss

Chryss,
Go to the document's footnote options (Type > Document Footnote Options), where you'll find a settin "Restart numbering every" page, spread, or section. Maybe this got checked accidentally. Or maybe it was checked and some edit triggered the setting (add sections, maybe).
Peter

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