The footnote separator is inserted, automatically, by Word in its own paragraph. Jim would rather have the footnote separator align to the left column, rather than being indented. It lines up with the indented first line of a normal paragraph. Decrease the Space Before setting and, if you want to make sure there is space between the actual footnotes, increase the Space After setting. Just above the footnotes and below the pages text is the footnote separator. You'll want to look at the formatting of the Footnote Text style it is what is applied to footnotes automatically. Footnotes can be formatted just like regular paragraphs, but just like regular paragraphs you'll have the most flexibility and power if you format the style applied to footnotes. If there is still too much space between the separator and the first footnote, it could be because of formatting applied to the footnote itself. The only ways around this are to (1) not use the Normal style within your document body or (2) apply a different style to your separator lines. If you use the Normal style in your document and change the formatting of that style-perhaps you add additional space after paragraphs that use the style-then the changes will be applied to the separator lines, as well. You should realize that the separator lines (indeed, all of the elements that appear in the drop-down displayed in step 7) use the Normal style, by default. In such a case you'll want to repeat the above steps, but in step 7 choose Footnote Continuation Separator and apply your formatting there, as well. You should also be aware that if you have long footnotes in your document, it is possible for one to start at the bottom of one page and conclude at the bottom of the next page. (The easiest way to display non-printing characters is to display the Home tab of the ribbon and click the icon that looks like a backwards P-technically called a pilcrow-that appears in the Paragraph group.) That way you can see if there are, for some strange reason, extra spaces, tabs, or hard returns included in the footnote separator. While going through these steps, you may find it helpful to have non-printing characters displayed. Switch your document view back to Print Layout.Click on Close (the small X at the upper-right corner of the footnote area).Or, you can change the line spacing on paragraph to a smaller amount. You can also change the font size used for the separator, which-if the line spacing for the paragraph is set to Auto-will affect the amount of apparent space after the separator. Pay particular attention to the Space After setting for the paragraph.
Use Word's regular formatting tools to change the paragraph formatting.Using the drop-down list to choose what you want to see. The current separator appears in the window, and the insertion point should be within the separator. Using the Footnotes drop-down list at the top of the Footnotes window, choose Footnote Separator.Click on the View Footnote Area radio button.If you have both footnotes and endnotes defined in your document, Word displays the View Footnotes dialog box.
Display the References tab of the ribbon.(Click on the Draft View icon on the status bar or click the Draft tool on the View tab of the ribbon.) Make sure you are viewing your document in Draft view.The separator isn't normally accessible, however, unless you go through these steps: This separator appears on its own paragraph and can be formatted just like any other paragraph in your document. The most likely culprit here is the formatting applied to your footnote separator. He wonders if there is a way to reduce the distance between the separator line and the first footnote's text. The most likely culprit here is the formatting applied to your footnote separator. When Abdul adds a footnote to a document, the separator line and the first footnote's text appear too far apart from each other for his tastes.
How do I make the footnote hang on a new line? ie have "2012 )." align with the beginning of "Susan" instead of "1".When Abdul adds a footnote to a document, the separator line and the first footnote's text appear too far apart from each other for his tastes.