How to remove automatic page break before endnotes in Word?

Question

I am working on a manuscript in a Word file that contains multiple chapters, each of which has endnotes at the end of the chapter. I had no problem setting this up by making each chapter a different section and locating the endnotes at "end of section." The only problem is that the endnotes for each chapter are appearing on a new page after the last page of the chapter, but I need them to begin on the same page as the end of the chapter. Is there a way I can stop the endnotes from starting on a new page?

If more detail is need on how the page is formatted, after the end of the chapter text I have several blank lines and then a section break (next page). The endnotes appear on the next page. I simply need them to move up to come directly after the blank lines after the chapter text.

Answer 1

I do see the break when showing non-printing characters. The "end of section" setting seems to be working fine, as each chapter's footnotes come after the chapter rather than at the end of the document.

I did notice just now that when viewing the section numbers in the header/footer info that the endnotes for a chapter have the same section number as the chapter that comes after them (i.e., Chapter 2 is section 2, but the page where the endnotes for that chapter begin shows as section 3, the same section as Chapter 3). That doesn't make any sense to me. When I tried creating a new section for Chapter 3 (section 4), the pages with the endnotes were still section 3. I then tried deleting the section break at the end of Chapter 2, but that resulted in all of Chapters 2 and 3 being section 2, and the endnotes for both being combined at the end of Chapter 3. Weird. 

The last section of my document doesn't have any endnotes, and when I tried inserting one there it displayed normally at the end of the text rather than on a separate page.

Answer 2

Mischa,

It isn't supposed to be as you describe and for me when I setup the document as you described the endnotes appear immediately after the regular text on the same page.

Are you sure "End of section" stuck in your setup?  Do you physically see the "Page Break" when you show non-printing characters?