How do we format footnote styles?   

We prefer footnotes that include an automatic number and then a hanging 
indent to the right of the number.  As such, the footnote numbers will all 
reside in a column of their own next to the left margin, while all the text 
of the footnotes, including multiple-line footnotes, will be evenly indented 
together to the right of the footnote numbers.  Is there a way to change the 
footnote style so that this will happen automatically?  The change is very 
easily accomplished in WordPerfect, but we don't see how to change the 
footnote stye in Word 2007?

date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:51:06 -0600   author:   Blue Max

Re: How do we format footnote styles?   

You can modify the Footnote Text style to have a hanging indent, but you 
will have to insert the tab character after the reference number manually 
(though see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UnSuperscptFnotes.htm).

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Blue Max"  wrote in message 
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> We prefer footnotes that include an automatic number and then a hanging 
> indent to the right of the number.  As such, the footnote numbers will all 
> reside in a column of their own next to the left margin, while all the 
> text of the footnotes, including multiple-line footnotes, will be evenly 
> indented together to the right of the footnote numbers.  Is there a way to 
> change the footnote style so that this will happen automatically?  The 
> change is very easily accomplished in WordPerfect, but we don't see how to 
> change the footnote stye in Word 2007?
>

date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:31:15 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: How do we format footnote styles?   

Thank you Suzanne.  This limitation is a real shame, especially since other 
programs have much simpler, yet extremely flexible, features for quickly 
automating such changes.

Thank You

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill"  wrote in message 
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> You can modify the Footnote Text style to have a hanging indent, but you 
> will have to insert the tab character after the reference number manually 
> (though see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UnSuperscptFnotes.htm).
>
> -- 
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Blue Max"  wrote in message 
> news:8D574CC3-B290-4FE8-974A-7C53EC58C031@microsoft.com...
>> We prefer footnotes that include an automatic number and then a hanging 
>> indent to the right of the number.  As such, the footnote numbers will 
>> all reside in a column of their own next to the left margin, while all 
>> the text of the footnotes, including multiple-line footnotes, will be 
>> evenly indented together to the right of the footnote numbers.  Is there 
>> a way to change the footnote style so that this will happen 
>> automatically?  The change is very easily accomplished in WordPerfect, 
>> but we don't see how to change the footnote stye in Word 2007?
>>
>
>

date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:58:01 -0600   author:   Blue Max