
I can "fix" the problem by removing vertical-align:super from the style definition. Lines would also need to be "dropped", thus the overlap. But it doesn't make the logical leap that all following In doing so, however, it appears that the browser interprets this as meaning it needs to push down the line of text that appears next to the footnote/endnote. Part of the definition of this is: vertical-align:super If you open the document in a browser (IE) then View Source, you'll see an entry under styles:
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The problem comes from the footnote/endnote reference. I tried in Word 2007 (since it's what I have installed on this machine) and now see an overlap.
