The footnote separator line and the empty paragraph are styled as ‘Normal’, so if you’ve adjusted the paragraph spacing (leading) above and/or below in the style, you may get way more space than you need, as shown in the screenshot below. If you ever need to reverse the deletion of separator lines, select either Footnote Separator or Footnote Continuation Separator from the Footnotes drop-down menu and then click the RESET button adjacent to the menu.When you insert a footnote in Word ( References tab > Insert Footnote), by default it gets added to the bottom of the page along with a short line and an empty paragraph to separate it from the body of the text. NOTE: You will probably also want to select FOOTNOTE CONTINUATION SEPARATOR from the Footnotes drop-down menu and remove it as well. From Footnotes drop-down menu, select FOOTNOTE SEPARATOR to display the separator in the Footnote pane.VIEW > DRAFT and then REFERENCES > SHOW NOTES to display footnote pane at bottom of page.The separator line can be removed, but not indented, because it is aligned with the left margin in the document. Select one of the footnote reference numbers in the body of your document.ĬAN THE FOOTNOTE SEPARATOR LINE BE INDENTED OR REMOVED?.That style can be a little tricky to access though, so follow the steps below to do so. The Footnote Reference style controls the appearance of the footnote indicator in the body of the document, so you have to modify the Footnote Reference style to make changes throughout the document.
HOW DO I MODIFY THE FOOTNOTE MARKER IN THE BODY OF THE DOCUMENT?
NOTE: You must have SHOW/HIDE turned on in order to see the paragraph markers. Select one of the footnote paragraph markers at the bottom of the page.The Footnote Text style controls the appearance of footnotes at the bottom of the page, so you have to modify the Footnote Text style. Set it to MICROSOFT WORD 2010 and click OK. Scroll to the bottom to find the Layout this document as if created in setting. However, if your document's compatibility is set to an older version of Word or Custom, this can cause issues with footnote layout.
WHY ARE FOOTNOTES SPLITTING BETWEEN PAGES?įootnotes are laid out based on the remaining space available on the page, so you would need to modify the text on the page to adjust the placement of the footnotes. I'll cover some of the common questions and requests we receive on the Help Desk that relate to footnotes. If you've ever wanted to know more about the layout and formatting of footnotes in Microsoft Word, then you've come to the right place.
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