Deleting Footnotes in Word 2007

Question

I'm working on a document in Word 2007. Somehow, when I was moving things around, a phantom footnote was introduced. (See attached image.) I have not been able to delete it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Answer 1

1. Go to beginning of document.
2. Click the References tab.
3. Click Show Notes.
4. Click Next Footnote until the cursor moves to a position where a footnote does not exist.
5. That is the phantom footnote.
6. Delete the next around the cursor.

Answer 2

Providing you haven't made a lot of changes since, undo (ctrl + Z) always fixes things like these :)

Answer 3

Turn on the Show/hide feature. Search through the document for the 'hidden' footnotes in the body of the text and delete.