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JohnPaul
Does anyone know how I can change the default footnote font size? Perhaps I am doing this incorrectly, but I've tried changing the Normal.dotm template, and this had no effect.
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Daiya Mitchell
How did you change it?
You have to change the Footnote Text style, via Format | Style, select
Footnote Text, click on Modify. In the Modify dialog, be sure to check
"Add to template"--this will propagate the change to Normal.dotm no
matter what doc you do it in.
You have to change the Footnote Text style, via Format | Style, select
Footnote Text, click on Modify. In the Modify dialog, be sure to check
"Add to template"--this will propagate the change to Normal.dotm no
matter what doc you do it in.
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JohnPaul
Originally, I had changed it using the Normal.dotm template – opening this, creating a footnote, altering the size, then making this the new Normal. However, what you've just now suggested has effected the change. Thanks for this. One question remains, however, in the Modify dialogue, what change would checking the box "Automatically Update" effect? Thanks again.
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Daiya Mitchell
Yeah--sometimes a manual change in Normal.dotm works, and sometimes it
doesn't. There is a logic to it, based on how Word creates new docs, but
not one I want to try explaining.
"automatically update" tells Word "when I highlight this text and set it
to 10pt instead of 12pt, I want that change to be added to the style
definition". So if automatically update had been on when you made the
manual change in Normal.dotm, then it would have changed the style
definition to make Footnote Text 10pt, and it would have been 10pt in
all your new documents.
But in general, you don't want "automatically update" on, because if you
are typing in a footnote and decide you want to italicize part of it
(say, a book title in a citation), when you add the italics, Word will
say "oh, automatically update is on, I should redefine the style so that
Footnote Text includes italics!" and suddenly all your notes are in
italics and you are screaming at Word for doing crazy things.
You can hit Undo once, which will Undo Word's change to the style, but
not your change to the text, to fix it. But it's very confusing and
there are a lot of complaints caused by it here. It's very useful in
certain contexts, but in general avoiding the setting lowers the chances
that Word will drive you crazy.
doesn't. There is a logic to it, based on how Word creates new docs, but
not one I want to try explaining.
"automatically update" tells Word "when I highlight this text and set it
to 10pt instead of 12pt, I want that change to be added to the style
definition". So if automatically update had been on when you made the
manual change in Normal.dotm, then it would have changed the style
definition to make Footnote Text 10pt, and it would have been 10pt in
all your new documents.
But in general, you don't want "automatically update" on, because if you
are typing in a footnote and decide you want to italicize part of it
(say, a book title in a citation), when you add the italics, Word will
say "oh, automatically update is on, I should redefine the style so that
Footnote Text includes italics!" and suddenly all your notes are in
italics and you are screaming at Word for doing crazy things.
You can hit Undo once, which will Undo Word's change to the style, but
not your change to the text, to fix it. But it's very confusing and
there are a lot of complaints caused by it here. It's very useful in
certain contexts, but in general avoiding the setting lowers the chances
that Word will drive you crazy.
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CyberTaz
It unleashes Satan's Hounds - don't check it!
That feature causes a style to be automatically redefined any time you
directly reformat any part of a paragraph that has that style applied. The
resulting pandemonium is that everywhere the style is applied gets
reformatted accordingly, resulting in a constant state of flux.
Although it may arguably have its merits in certain circumstances it's best
left unchecked for most people most of the time.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
That feature causes a style to be automatically redefined any time you
directly reformat any part of a paragraph that has that style applied. The
resulting pandemonium is that everywhere the style is applied gets
reformatted accordingly, resulting in a constant state of flux.
Although it may arguably have its merits in certain circumstances it's best
left unchecked for most people most of the time.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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JohnPaul
Thank you CyberTaz and Daiya for saving me from Hounds of Satan – those bad boys doth bite!
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Daiya Mitchell
You're welcome. Glad to help.