How can I move an in-text citation (Chicago Style) without deleting my footnote?

What happens if you leave it in place in both places and then delete the extraneous one?

What do you mean? At this point each footnote only appears once and I’m just trying to move it to the end of the sentences rather than the middle.

I tried it in Word 2010. I highlighted the superscript in the sentence, pressed Ctrl-X, moved the cursor to the new position and pressed Ctrl-V. This seemed to work

However I don’t know what Chicago Style is. Is it relevant to the workings of Word?

It probably depends what citation software Word is using in this case (for example, I use EndNote. Not everyone does.). But my first question is – why would you move all the citations to the ends of sentences? That doesn’t make sense to me.

My client has requested that the citations appear at the end of sentences and after the punctuation. Like how it’s described here.

@dappled_leaves

I tried doing that but it changes the first citation to number 2.

@LeavesNoTrace What I’m suggesting is that you try to fool the footnote to stay by copying the in-text citation to the end while leaving the one in the text there initially. When you have both in place, delete the original one and see if the footnote stays. But I’m not familiar with Chicago Style and don’t have your manuscript to play with so I don’t know if that would work.

@LeavesNoTrace The passage you linked does not advocate putting all citations and footnotes at the ends of sentences. Many citations will properly belong within the body of the sentence. Consider the following examples:

1. Many people think that footnotes belong at the ends of sentences (Citation, 1953), perhaps because the final word in any sentence is at the end of the sentence.

2. Many people think that footnotes belong at the ends of sentences, perhaps because the final word in any sentence is at the end of the sentence (Citation, 1953).

In the first example, the citation provides evidence that many people think footnotes belong at the end of sentences. In the second example, the citation provides evidence that the most important word in a sentence is the final one.

The content of the cited work decides where the citation belongs within the sentence. It isn’t an arbitrary decision.

^^ Agree.

@dappled_leaves

Thanks. Do you have a source that better explains that rule? I want to show it to my client before I devote too much time and energy to this.

(Sorry if I seem a little dense today, nursing a terrible headcold)

@LeavesNoTrace I wish I had time to find a good reference for you! Unfortunately, I’m packing for a trip, and am already chastising myself for peeking into this question (can never resist research questions!).

Perhaps @janbb can oblige?

Okay, thanks! And enjoy your trip.

Here – Take a look at these pages from the Purdue OWL site. It’s one of the best tutoring sites for style. It looks like Chicago style supports either Author/date and Works Cited formatting or Notes and Bibliography. There are sample papers of each style. In either sub-style, the author/date or footnote number is placed where it is appropriate in the text.