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How do I change the style of the divider line for a footnote
How can I view the style formating of the footnote so I can change the
position of the divider line that appears between the footnote and the body text. I can change the style of the actual footnote but not the line. |
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How do I change the style of the divider line for a footnote
What version of Word?
Assuming Word 2003, go into Normal view. Choose View - Footnotes. In the Footnote pane, set the dropdown (to the left of the Close button) to Footnote separator. You can now have your way with the separator. If Word 2007, you can do the same thing, but put the document into Draft mode (it's the new Normal), and click Show Notes in the References tab. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Mialan" wrote in message ... How can I view the style formating of the footnote so I can change the position of the divider line that appears between the footnote and the body text. I can change the style of the actual footnote but not the line. |
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How do I change the style of the divider line for a footnote
Note that "having your way" with the separator is limited to (a) deleting
it, (b) extending it by copying it and pasting it after itself, (c) adding (or decreasing) space above or below it, or (d) replacing it with a separator of your own devising. The separator itself is an odd sort of drawing object that can't be directly edited or changed in any way. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What version of Word? Assuming Word 2003, go into Normal view. Choose View - Footnotes. In the Footnote pane, set the dropdown (to the left of the Close button) to Footnote separator. You can now have your way with the separator. If Word 2007, you can do the same thing, but put the document into Draft mode (it's the new Normal), and click Show Notes in the References tab. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Mialan" wrote in message ... How can I view the style formating of the footnote so I can change the position of the divider line that appears between the footnote and the body text. I can change the style of the actual footnote but not the line. |
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How do I change the style of the divider line for a footnote
Actually, there are some additional things you can do with the default
separator. The default separator is treated as a character and responds to character formatting. For example, you can select it and press Ctrl+[ or ] (point size) to make it larger or smaller. You can change its color using font formatting. It also can be changed by applying different typefaces, which can make the line fatter at any given point size. You can also delete it, and use _ or - characters, instead. Or, you can use Border formatting to devise a line of any length. I don't believe you can use a drawing object in the Footnote Separator pane, though -- not even one that's "In line with text". I can paste one in there using trickery, but I've never been able to get it to display. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Note that "having your way" with the separator is limited to (a) deleting it, (b) extending it by copying it and pasting it after itself, (c) adding (or decreasing) space above or below it, or (d) replacing it with a separator of your own devising. The separator itself is an odd sort of drawing object that can't be directly edited or changed in any way. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What version of Word? Assuming Word 2003, go into Normal view. Choose View - Footnotes. In the Footnote pane, set the dropdown (to the left of the Close button) to Footnote separator. You can now have your way with the separator. If Word 2007, you can do the same thing, but put the document into Draft mode (it's the new Normal), and click Show Notes in the References tab. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Mialan" wrote in message ... How can I view the style formating of the footnote so I can change the position of the divider line that appears between the footnote and the body text. I can change the style of the actual footnote but not the line. |
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How do I change the style of the divider line for a footnote
Yes, I did give somewhat short shrift to the formatting options, but when
all is said and done, what you can do with the separators is still rather limited. The worst thing about them is that their paragraph formatting is based on Normal, so if you are so foolish as to apply a first-line indent to Normal, then you get an indented separator (something it took me quite a while to figure out, using letter templates from Word 2.0, which have defined Normal in a foolish way). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Actually, there are some additional things you can do with the default separator. The default separator is treated as a character and responds to character formatting. For example, you can select it and press Ctrl+[ or ] (point size) to make it larger or smaller. You can change its color using font formatting. It also can be changed by applying different typefaces, which can make the line fatter at any given point size. You can also delete it, and use _ or - characters, instead. Or, you can use Border formatting to devise a line of any length. I don't believe you can use a drawing object in the Footnote Separator pane, though -- not even one that's "In line with text". I can paste one in there using trickery, but I've never been able to get it to display. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Note that "having your way" with the separator is limited to (a) deleting it, (b) extending it by copying it and pasting it after itself, (c) adding (or decreasing) space above or below it, or (d) replacing it with a separator of your own devising. The separator itself is an odd sort of drawing object that can't be directly edited or changed in any way. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What version of Word? Assuming Word 2003, go into Normal view. Choose View - Footnotes. In the Footnote pane, set the dropdown (to the left of the Close button) to Footnote separator. You can now have your way with the separator. If Word 2007, you can do the same thing, but put the document into Draft mode (it's the new Normal), and click Show Notes in the References tab. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Mialan" wrote in message ... How can I view the style formating of the footnote so I can change the position of the divider line that appears between the footnote and the body text. I can change the style of the actual footnote but not the line. |
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