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Footnotes float off the bottom of the page
I have a moderately long document (307 pages right now) with a problem
in the footnotes. They don't fall down to the bottom margin of the page. Instead, they float about a half inch above the bottom margin. This document is not particularly complex. It has eight chapters and about 10 front and back matter sections. Each chapter or section is in its own section so I can control the headers and footers, but I'm not doing much in there yet. The entire text has just one column and there are are only about 15 tables and 10 graphic elements (pictures and equations). I'm using Word 2008 on Tiger (10.4.11). The individual chapters originated in Word 2007 on either XP or Vista. Looking back at the original versions of the chapters, I see that the footnotes are in the correct position. I can also copy text that includes some footnotes and paste it into a new document and get the footnotes in the right place. However, if I copy and paste a section break with the text, all the footnotes in the new document float off the bottom margin, even if I then delete all the text in the new document and start from scratch by just inserting a new footnote. I have done a lot of work on this text and much of it is lost if I revert to the original chapters or paste it into a new document. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get the footnotes to go back down to the bottom of the page? |
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Footnotes float off the bottom of the page
Well, I have solved my own problem with a little more digging. It
turns out that the footnote continuation line was causing the extra space. Setting it to a line spacing of exactly 0.7 pt largely eliminates the problem. When will Microsoft produce really usable software? |
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