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Inserting a footnote adds half a blank page to document
Hi,
I'm trying to insert a footnote into my MS Word 2003 document, but whenever I do the formatting gets very weird. I've put a screenshot of my file he http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7205/footnotepo4.jpg What is happening is that it is taking my document and putting a lot of blank lines into it, and is only allowing me to write on about half the page. This doesn't look very good, and I'd really like for the footnotes to behave nicely at the bottom of the page. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Bryan |
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Inserting a footnote adds half a blank page to document
Hi Bryan,
This could be a problem with the footnote separator, or with the footnote itself. For example, if your footnote has an excessive leading/trailing space (eg via the insertion of superfluous para marks/multiple line spacing or via footnote paragraph/style formatting), that will increase the space required for the footnote. You should be able to see at a glance if there's any superfluous para marks attached to the footnote or if it uses multiple line spacing. For the footnote paragraph leading/trailing formatting, select the footnote text and use Format|Paragraph to check the dimensions. Similarly, if the footnote separator (i.e. the horizontal line above the footnote) is formatted with too much leading/trailing space, that too can use up the lower part of the page. To check/correct that, you have to use 'Normal' view, then double-click the footnote, select the 'footnote separator' from the drop-down. You can then reformat it if need be. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I'm trying to insert a footnote into my MS Word 2003 document, but whenever I do the formatting gets very weird. I've put a screenshot of my file he http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7205/footnotepo4.jpg What is happening is that it is taking my document and putting a lot of blank lines into it, and is only allowing me to write on about half the page. This doesn't look very good, and I'd really like for the footnotes to behave nicely at the bottom of the page. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Bryan |
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Inserting a footnote adds half a blank page to document
Thanks for the quick reply.
I have fixed my problem thanks to you For others, what I had to do was turn on the "Show/Hide" button (lets you see formatting such as spaces and returns) and go to 'Normal' view, then double-click the footnote, and select the 'footnote separator' from the drop-down. There I saw that I had a whole bunch of useless returns in there. Once I deleted that all was well within my soul! Once again, thanks |
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Answer: Inserting a footnote adds half a blank page to document
Hi Bryan,
I can definitely help you with that! It looks like the issue you're experiencing is due to the formatting of your document. Here's what you can do to fix it:
Your footnote should now appear at the bottom of the page, without adding any extra blank lines or pages. If you still see any formatting issues, you can try adjusting the margins of your document or adjusting the spacing between lines. PHP Code:
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