Footnote: Reduce blank space below it

[gary]

Hi

On all pages in my thesis I have a footer. On many pages above the footer I
have inserted a footnotes. No matter the amount of text in the footnote there
is always a couple of lines of blank space below it and above the footer. I'l
like to reduce this blank space below the footnote and above the footer.
Several of you have posted very helpful comments about goinf into normal
view, view footnotes and selecting the separator but this does not help with
the blank space after the footnote.

Any suggestions and thanks for your help in this formum

Warm regards/gary

 

[Stefan Blom]

Check if the Footnote Text paragraph style is defined with Spacing Below. If
it does, you can set the value to zero.

Another thing to consider: If you press Ctrl+Shift+8 to display nonprinting
marks, do you see any undesired contents, such as empty paragraph marks (¶),
in the footnote area?

 

[gary]

Hi Stefan

Thanks for your reply:
1. I do not have any "space after" in the style paragraph setting
2. I have a paragraph mark after the table in the footnote.

How do I delete the paragraph mark?

Warm regards/gary

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello Gary -

The table in the footnote is the culprit... *all* tables in a Word doc
are followed by a ¶ which *cannot* be removed. However you can try either of
at least two things to ease the issue:

1- Select the ¶ and change the font size to 1 pt., or

2- Select the ¶ and use Format> Font - Hidden which will cause it to not
display unless non-printing characters are on.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[gary]

Hi Bob

Thanks for your suggestions. Interestingly, when I do that the actual
footnote does not move further down the page closer to the footer area. So
there must be another settings which controls the space between the footnote
and the footer.

Warm regards/gary

 

[Stefan Blom]

In the Footnote and Endnote Options dialog box, make sure that the
"Location" (for footnotes) is set to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below
text."

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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