How do I set the default font size for footnotes?

[hullaballoo]

Hi,

I'm having trouble setting the default font size for footnotes. Can anyone
help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
hullaballoo.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Modify the font in the Footnote Text style.

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[hullaballoo]

Thank you, that was just the ticket.

Modify the font in the Footnote Text style.

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[Tab L. Uno]

How does one get into the Footnote Text style? I tried. And can't find it.
I have to resize each footnote manually.

 

[grammatim]

Down at the bottom of Styles & Formatting, click "More" and you'll
find Custom, Show All Styles, Styles in Use, etc. When you look in
each of those, you'll find lists with checkboxes, and Footnote Text
will be somewhere among them.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In Word 2003, All Styles still doesn't list such styles. You have to choose
Custom, which opens the Format Settings dialog, from which you can click
Styles... and get a complete list. To apply a given style, you can press
Shift to force the Style dropdown to display all styles, but this is not
much help for modifying. Which is why I have a button on my toolbar to take
me straight to the old Format | Style dialog!

 

[Re: How do I set the footnote font size]

In Word 2007 I only see Styles, not Styles & Formatting, and there was no
More at the end of the drop down lists. Both Footer and Footer Char were
listed, and in their respective drop downs I was able (I thought) to change
each these fonts. However, this change did not take effect in my document.
Please help!

 

[Jay Freedman]

Firstly, Word 2007's controls are so different from those of earlier versions
that you _must_ mention you're using 2007 in any question you post.

Second, "Footer" is _not_ the same as "Footnote". The styles you changed have
nothing to do with footnotes, which is why you didn't see any effect.

On the Home ribbon, in the Styles group, there is a small square button in the
bottom right corner below the Change Styles button. Click that button, or press
its shortcut combination Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S, to open the Styles task pane.

If you don't see "Footnote Text" in the list of styles, click the Options link
in the bottom right corner of the pane, and in the options dialog change the
"Select styles to show" dropdown from "Recommended" to "All styles". You may
also want to change the sort order from "As recommended" to "Alphabetical".

Now right-click the name of the Footnote Text style (not Footer!) and choose
Modify.

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[Re: How do I set the footnote font size]

Finally, success! Thank you!

Firstly, Word 2007's controls are so different from those of earlier versions
that you _must_ mention you're using 2007 in any question you post.

Second, "Footer" is _not_ the same as "Footnote". The styles you changed have
nothing to do with footnotes, which is why you didn't see any effect.

On the Home ribbon, in the Styles group, there is a small square button in the
bottom right corner below the Change Styles button. Click that button, or press
its shortcut combination Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S, to open the Styles task pane.

If you don't see "Footnote Text" in the list of styles, click the Options link
in the bottom right corner of the pane, and in the options dialog change the
"Select styles to show" dropdown from "Recommended" to "All styles". You may
also want to change the sort order from "As recommended" to "Alphabetical".

Now right-click the name of the Footnote Text style (not Footer!) and choose
Modify.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all
may benefit.

 

[Ounbbl]

It's not clear how I can change font for ALL the footnote reference number in
one swoop. Please. Also if you can, tell me how I get rid of all the
footnotes from the document in ones swoop. Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

To change the font of all footnote reference numbers, follow exactly the same
directions as in my post below, except work on the style named Footnote
Reference instead of Footnote Text.

Deleting all the footnotes in a document in one step takes a macro. See
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm for instructions on how to insert
this macro into your template:

Sub RemoveAllFootnotes()
Dim fn As Footnote
For Each fn In ActiveDocument.Footnotes
fn.Delete
Next
End Sub

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[grammatim]

Why can't you just Find All footnote references, and Replace them with
nothing?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Why not? Because I didn't think of it... Thanks for that.

 

[Ounbbl]

Thanks for macro.

Regarding Changing fonts for foot note reference: Are you sure you are not
mistaken by saying 'foot note text'?

I have foot note reference (the one showing within the document text) in
Arial, 11 points, superscript, red and blue. So I picked 'footnote
reference' and right click. Click on modify to change to other color (green)'
and checked 'only this document' and then o.k.

Then - nothing changes. What should I do next?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Ounbbl]

Addendum here: it did work (with 'footnote reference', not 'footnote text').
It took time for the file shows up the change I made. I don't know I had to
close the file and open again, but somehow later it did show up the change.

However, my question should be more specific: I just want change the
FootNote Reference stuff WITHIN the main document, not on the bottom in the
foot note area.

Thanks again.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, you're in for some hand work, since the Footnote Reference
style governs all references. By default, it is defined as Default Paragraph
Font + Superscript, which means that it just superscripts whatever font and
font size are being used at the insertion point, which are usually defined
by the style in the given paragraph (in the footnotes, this is the Footnote
Text style).

 

[grammatim]

Instead of performing the operation on the entire file, Select All
the text (Ctrl-A); this should leave the footnotes unselected. Proceed
as before and answer No if it asks to do it in the rest of the
document.

After it's been done to the footnotes, I _think_ you can undo it by
Selecting All the footnotes (put the cursor in any footnote, Ctrl-A)
and apply Footnote Text to what's selected.

 

[ananka]

Hi,

I'm having trouble setting the default font size for footnotes. Can anyone
help me out?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
hullaballoo.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Modify the Footnote Text style.

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

 

[Bill Self]

Jay,

If you're still around... I do not get an "options link" in the bottom right
hand of the Styles windows that shows in Word 2007 when I click on the button
in the styles box. All I get is a list of the preset styles [Normal, No
Spacing, Heading 1, etc.]. I've looked everywhere I can and cannot find
anywhere that I can set the font for footnotes. I can't find "footnote text"
or "footnote reference" anywhere. Can you help an old man down in Macon, GA?

Bill Self