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Old May 28th, 2010, 09:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Myles OB
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How do I correct the left indent on the line that separates my footnotes from
the main text?
When I brought all my text (body and footnotes) in by a couple of cms, this
line remained where it was. Now it's jutting out from the rest of the doc.
Thanks
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Old May 28th, 2010, 10:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default Line separating footnotes from text

Change to Draft View and then on the Reference tab of the ribbon, click on
the Show Notes button in the Footnotes section of the ribbon and in the top
border of the Footnotes pane that appears at the bottom of the screen,
select Footnote Separator from the drop down list and modify the left indent
of the paragraph in which the separator appears.

If you are using Word 97 - 2003, after switching to the Draft View, select
Footnotes from the View menu to access the Footnotes pane.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Myles OB" Myles wrote in message
...
How do I correct the left indent on the line that separates my footnotes
from
the main text?
When I brought all my text (body and footnotes) in by a couple of cms,
this
line remained where it was. Now it's jutting out from the rest of the doc.
Thanks


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Old May 28th, 2010, 12:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Line separating footnotes from text

Note, however, that this effect is usually the result of modifying the
Normal style to have an indent. This is why I caution against modifying
Normal style (use Body Text instead; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...BodyStyles.htm) because most of
Word's built-in styles are based on Normal.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Change to Draft View and then on the Reference tab of the ribbon, click on
the Show Notes button in the Footnotes section of the ribbon and in the
top border of the Footnotes pane that appears at the bottom of the screen,
select Footnote Separator from the drop down list and modify the left
indent of the paragraph in which the separator appears.

If you are using Word 97 - 2003, after switching to the Draft View, select
Footnotes from the View menu to access the Footnotes pane.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Myles OB" Myles wrote in message
...
How do I correct the left indent on the line that separates my footnotes
from
the main text?
When I brought all my text (body and footnotes) in by a couple of cms,
this
line remained where it was. Now it's jutting out from the rest of the
doc.
Thanks



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Old May 28th, 2010, 02:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Myles OB[_2_]
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Default Line separating footnotes from text

Doug, you're a saviour! Thank you!

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Change to Draft View and then on the Reference tab of the ribbon, click on
the Show Notes button in the Footnotes section of the ribbon and in the top
border of the Footnotes pane that appears at the bottom of the screen,
select Footnote Separator from the drop down list and modify the left indent
of the paragraph in which the separator appears.

If you are using Word 97 - 2003, after switching to the Draft View, select
Footnotes from the View menu to access the Footnotes pane.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Myles OB" Myles wrote in message
...
How do I correct the left indent on the line that separates my footnotes
from
the main text?
When I brought all my text (body and footnotes) in by a couple of cms,
this
line remained where it was. Now it's jutting out from the rest of the doc.
Thanks


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Old May 28th, 2010, 02:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Myles OB[_2_]
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Default Line separating footnotes from text

Maybe I jumped the gun there, Doug! A small problem remains: almost all of
the footnote separators are aligned now, except where a footnote has run from
one page onto the next. In all such occurrences, the separator continues to
jut out, but when I repeat the steps you outlined, the screen shows it as if
it is aligned. Does this make sense?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Change to Draft View and then on the Reference tab of the ribbon, click on
the Show Notes button in the Footnotes section of the ribbon and in the top
border of the Footnotes pane that appears at the bottom of the screen,
select Footnote Separator from the drop down list and modify the left indent
of the paragraph in which the separator appears.

If you are using Word 97 - 2003, after switching to the Draft View, select
Footnotes from the View menu to access the Footnotes pane.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Myles OB" Myles wrote in message
...
How do I correct the left indent on the line that separates my footnotes
from
the main text?
When I brought all my text (body and footnotes) in by a couple of cms,
this
line remained where it was. Now it's jutting out from the rest of the doc.
Thanks


  #6  
Old May 28th, 2010, 03:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Line separating footnotes from text

That's the Footnote Continuation separator, which has to be adjusted
separately; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NoteSeparators.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Myles OB" wrote in message
...
Maybe I jumped the gun there, Doug! A small problem remains: almost all of
the footnote separators are aligned now, except where a footnote has run
from
one page onto the next. In all such occurrences, the separator continues
to
jut out, but when I repeat the steps you outlined, the screen shows it as
if
it is aligned. Does this make sense?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Change to Draft View and then on the Reference tab of the ribbon, click
on
the Show Notes button in the Footnotes section of the ribbon and in the
top
border of the Footnotes pane that appears at the bottom of the screen,
select Footnote Separator from the drop down list and modify the left
indent
of the paragraph in which the separator appears.

If you are using Word 97 - 2003, after switching to the Draft View,
select
Footnotes from the View menu to access the Footnotes pane.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Myles OB" Myles wrote in message
...
How do I correct the left indent on the line that separates my
footnotes
from
the main text?
When I brought all my text (body and footnotes) in by a couple of cms,
this
line remained where it was. Now it's jutting out from the rest of the
doc.
Thanks




 




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