# Footnotes when working on word after Scrivener **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for Windows\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [September 21, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/footnotes-when-working-on-word-after-scrivener/31286 "2015-09-21T07:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gieckerd](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gieckerd](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/gieckerd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/footnotes-when-working-on-word-after-scrivener/31286/1 "2015-09-21T07:50:51Z")
Hi there, At the moment my preferred workflow is to write on Scrivener, and cross the tts in Word. A massive but is that once I have the Scrivener text in Word the footnotes get a bit mixed up. For example, if I add a new one, the numbering starts anew. Any hints to avoid this? I dread to think what will happen if I write my PhD on Scrivener and later transfer to Word and have thousands of notes to fix. Other than this, great software, I love it! Thanks, Gisele ---
**Author:** ![MimeticMouton](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/mimeticmouton/32/34_2.png) [@MimeticMouton](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/MimeticMouton)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/footnotes-when-working-on-word-after-scrivener/31286/2 "2015-09-22T05:26:38Z")
This will happen if you compile to DOCX using the default converter; it uses fixed auto-numbering, so the numbers won’t update when you’re editing in Word. You can fix it following the steps in [this knowledge base article](https://scrivener.tenderapp.com/help/kb/windows-troubleshooting/footnote-numbering-wont-update-in-word), and in the future you can avoid it by switching the compiler or compiling to RTF (which can also be opened in Word).