Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 14, 2023)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Word in Microsoft 365
If you are using footnotes in Word, you have control over where they appear in your document. In other issues of WordTips you learned that you can place them at the end of the text on a page or at the bottom of the page itself. Regardless of the placement, Word can print a separator between your main document text and the footnotes. The default separator is a solid line, but you can either change or delete the footnote separator as desired.
To change the footnote separator, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Show Notes dialog box.
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2024-01-09 06:17:55
Thank you! I think I've been trying to resolve this for an hour. Finally, instructions that relate to what I see on my screen. Fixed.
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