Modifying the display of footnotes and endnotes
You can change the spacing between footnotes or endnotes. You can also change the position of footnotes on a page. For example, you can display footnotes immediately following the corresponding text on a page or at the bottom of a page.
You can also choose to continue footnotes on the following page if there isn’t enough room on a page. In addition, you can adjust the separator line between document text and footnotes.
To change the spacing between footnotes or endnotes |  |
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Click Insert
 Footnote/Endnote. |
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Enable one of the following options:
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Footnote number
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Endnote number
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Click Options, and click Advanced.
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Type a value in the Space between notes box.
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To change the position of footnotes on a page | |
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Click Insert
Footnote/Endnote. |
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Enable the Footnote number option.
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Click Options, and click Advanced.
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In the Position area, enable one of the following options:
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Place notes below text
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Place notes at bottom of page
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To continue footnotes on the following page | |
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Click Insert
Footnote/Endnote. |
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Enable the Footnote number option.
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Click Options, and click Advanced.
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In the Continued notes area, type a value in the Amount of note to keep together box.
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This value specifies the minimum distance allowed for a footnote at the bottom of a page before the note is moved to the next page.
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If you want to include a “continued…” message on the last footnote line of a page and the first footnote line of a new page, enable the Insert (continued…) message check box.
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To adjust the separator line between document text and footnotes | |
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Click Insert
Footnote/Endnote. |
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Enable the Footnote number option.
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Click Options, and click Separator.
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In the Add space area, type a value in the Above line box.
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This value specifies the amount of white space between the separator line and the document text above it.
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Type a value in the Below line box.
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This value specifies the amount of white space between the separator line and the footnote text below it.
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In the Line format area, choose one of the following positions for the line from the Line position list box:
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Left
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Center
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Right
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Choose a line length from the Length of line list box.
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Open the Line style picker, and click a line style on the line style palette.
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