title: Using Python to find and replace footnotes in word
body: <p>I am trying to use Python to hyperlink text in MS Word documents.  I am currently using the win32com module, but I have become a little stuck on how to get the text from footnotes (and how to add a hyperlink). </p>
  
  <p>I have tried reading stuff from: 
  <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kw65a0we(VS.80).aspx" rel="nofollow">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kw65a0we(VS.80).aspx</a>
  <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb179107(v=office.12).aspx" rel="nofollow">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb179107(v=office.12).aspx</a>
  In an effort to see what the command might be.</p>