1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/docx/footnotes-reader.js b/lib/docx/footnotes-reader.js
index a653b8a..33bca14 100644
--- a/lib/docx/footnotes-reader.js
+++ b/lib/docx/footnotes-reader.js
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ exports.readFootnotesXml = readFootnotesXml;
 var Footnotes = require("../documents").Footnotes;
 
 function readFootnotesXml(xml) {
-    return xml.root.getElementsByTagName("w:footnote").map(readFootnoteElement);
+    return xml.root.getElementsByTagName("w:footnote")
+        .filter(isFootnoteElement)
+        .map(readFootnoteElement);
+}
+
+function isFootnoteElement(element) {
+    var type = element.attributes["w:type"];
+    return type !== "continuationSeparator" && type !== "separator";
 }
 
 function readFootnoteElement(footnoteElement) {