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From: ALA1 on 12 Mar 2010 10:18
I think I love you! I, too, made the mistake of changing the "normal" style.
It changed every footnote in my dissertation. Thanks, too for the tip on
'Body' vs 'Normal'

YOU RULE!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Well, here's how it works in 2003; perhaps you can figure out 2007 from
> that.
>
> 1. Switch to Normal (Draft) view.
>
> 2. View Footnotes.
>
> 3. In the footnote pane, click the arrow in the dropdown box and select
> Footnote Separator.
>
> 4. Remove the indent.
>
> A better solution, of course, would be not to modify Normal style in this
> way; since virtually all styles are based on Normal, you do get this
> trickle-down effect (see
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/HowStylesCascade.html). A better
> approach is to leave Normal alone, use Body Text for your body text, and
> modify it (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NormalVsBodyStyles.htm).
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "pwdennis2" <pwdennis2(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:542DFB65-B5A3-4363-9E6A-A3056DBDED7D(a)microsoft.com...
> > I'm using Word 2007. I changed my Normal style in one document so that the
> > first line indent is .5". Now my footnote separator line also indents .5"
> > even though I want it to be flush left. (When I change Normal style back
> to
> > no indentation, the footnote separator line goes back flush left too.)
> >
> > I can't select the line and can't find a way to control its indentation
> > separately from the Normal style.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>
From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 12 Mar 2010 11:19
I'm glad you got it sorted, but the post you replied to is obviously a very
old one; for future reference, I now have an article about the subject
(which also covers Word 2007) at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NoteSeparators.htm

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

"ALA1" <ALA1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0FF57E9E-6BC9-4A10-AC02-0089C69E5D32(a)microsoft.com...
>I think I love you! I, too, made the mistake of changing the "normal"
>style.
> It changed every footnote in my dissertation. Thanks, too for the tip on
> 'Body' vs 'Normal'
>
> YOU RULE!
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> Well, here's how it works in 2003; perhaps you can figure out 2007 from
>> that.
>>
>> 1. Switch to Normal (Draft) view.
>>
>> 2. View Footnotes.
>>
>> 3. In the footnote pane, click the arrow in the dropdown box and select
>> Footnote Separator.
>>
>> 4. Remove the indent.
>>
>> A better solution, of course, would be not to modify Normal style in this
>> way; since virtually all styles are based on Normal, you do get this
>> trickle-down effect (see
>> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/HowStylesCascade.html). A better
>> approach is to leave Normal alone, use Body Text for your body text, and
>> modify it (see
>> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NormalVsBodyStyles.htm).
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>> "pwdennis2" <pwdennis2(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:542DFB65-B5A3-4363-9E6A-A3056DBDED7D(a)microsoft.com...
>> > I'm using Word 2007. I changed my Normal style in one document so that
>> > the
>> > first line indent is .5". Now my footnote separator line also indents
>> > .5"
>> > even though I want it to be flush left. (When I change Normal style
>> > back
>> to
>> > no indentation, the footnote separator line goes back flush left too.)
>> >
>> > I can't select the line and can't find a way to control its indentation
>> > separately from the Normal style.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>

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