# Convert MS Word Footnotes function strips dollar sign $ symbol

**URL:** <https://pressbooks.community/t/convert-ms-word-footnotes-function-strips-dollar-sign-symbol/4705>\
**Category:** Importing & Exporting Content\
**Created:** [September 20, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/convert-ms-word-footnotes-function-strips-dollar-sign-symbol/4705 "2026-09-20T04:05:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![toddhalvorsen](https://pressbooks.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@toddhalvorsen](https://pressbooks.community/u/toddhalvorsen)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/convert-ms-word-footnotes-function-strips-dollar-sign-symbol/4705/1 "2026-09-20T04:05:09Z")

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I noticed by accident that when imported footnote text contains a dollar sign, using the built-in “convert MS Word Footnotes” button causes the dollar sign and some text that follows to be stripped from the converted footnote.

Example:  
Importing text with a dollar sign character in a footnote[[1]](#_ftn1) gets stripped.

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[[1]](#_ftnref1) This is the footnote. It has a $1,000,000 reference in it. That should be the numeric equivalent of “one million dollars”.

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`Importing text with a dollar sign character in a footnote[footnote]This is the footnote. It has a ,000,000 reference in it. That should be the numeric equivalent of “one million dollars”.[/footnote] gets stripped`

You’ll notice that the footnote is now missing the dollar sign and the number 1 following it. Upon discovering this, I can search for places where dollar signs appear in my footnotes and manually fix the missing ones. This doesn’t occur very often.

But, I wonder if whatever is causing this glitch also causes other characters or symbols to be dropped when using the convert footnotes button?

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**Author:** ![MichSpieler](https://pressbooks.community/user_avatar/pressbooks.community/michspieler/32/1528_2.png) [@MichSpieler](https://pressbooks.community/u/MichSpieler)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://pressbooks.community/t/convert-ms-word-footnotes-function-strips-dollar-sign-symbol/4705/2 "2026-09-21T17:30:09Z")

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Hi there. Thank you for reporting this issue. I have [filed a bug report](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/issues/4579) and our team will look into this. I am not aware of any other characters or symbols being dropped.