[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, the Footnote Text paragraph style defines the font and paragraph
formatting of the footnote text. The Footnote Reference character style
defines the font formatting of the footnote reference mark both in the
footnotes and in the body of the document. By default, it is defined as
Default Paragraph Font + Superscript. Neither of these styles is listed in
the style list by default, though you can change the style visibility in the
Styles and Formatting task pane using Custom, and you can force the Styles
dropdown to display all styles by pressing Shift while clicking the down
arrow.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Hi Stephan -- this is a bit late, but a big THANK YOU! I didn't know that
direct formatting could override an automatic
style. I also learned about ^f. So the Footnote Reference style controls
the style of the Footnote Text? Is that why the
style for Footnote Text doesn't show up in the Styles drop-down box?


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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:03:19 +0200, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:

There could be direct formatting applied to the footnotes, overriding the
font formatting of the style. In Normal view, click View | Footnotes.
Select
the footnote area and press Ctrl+SpaceBar to reset font formatting. The
correct font size should now be applied to text.

Then use Find and Replace to reapply the Footnote Reference character
style
to the footnote number: Press Ctrl+H to display the Find and Replace
dialog
box.

Find what: ^f

Place the insertion point inside the "Replace with" box and click Format,
Style. Locate Footnote Reference, and click OK.

Finally, click Replace All.