Probably empty paragraphs after the separator; see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NoteSeparators.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"ambanff" wrote in message
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Somehow in a Word 2007 document the footnote margin between the separator
line and the top footnote has grown to 2.5cm. Is there any way that I can
reduce/resize this this. FYI my other documents with footnotes have a
normal
top margin of less than 1cm.