It sounds as if they're still endnotes. If you switch to Print Layout view,
do you see them at the end of the document?

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> After converting endnotes to footnotes in a long document, the footnotes are
> now hidden and all new footnotes I try to create are hidden. In Normal view,
> when I go to View Footnotes I can see the list but they are all on a
> non-existent document page (page 24 of a 23-page document). I have Show
> Hidden Characters turned on.