How to protect Word footnotes or endnotes from accidental deletion?

Question

It's very easy when correcting a document to delete a footnote, since they are marked by small characters

It's easy to miss them and to delete a paragraph without noticing that at the same time a footnote is deleted.

Is there a way to get a warning in Word before deleting a footnote or endnote?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '15 at 15:35

There is another way to protect the notes by changing how they are displayed: bigger number in red are much easier to spot.

To change how end or footnotes style:

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