Discussion:
Spaces after footnotes
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Grae
2009-02-02 23:38:01 UTC
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Hi,

How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?

Graeme.
Suzanne S. Barnhill
2009-02-02 23:59:39 UTC
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Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Grae
2009-02-03 00:22:01 UTC
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Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to Bottom of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I checked the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white space. I still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.

Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Suzanne S. Barnhill
2009-02-03 04:46:21 UTC
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See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm, but if the space is
actually below the footnotes and not above, then the article may not help,
as it sounds as if something else is going wrong.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to Bottom of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I checked the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white space. I still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.
Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Pascal
2009-02-27 04:08:01 UTC
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Dear Suzanne,

I just wanted to know if you managed to find a solution to problem of the
blank below the footnotes. Thanks a lot in advance

Pascal V.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm, but if the space is
actually below the footnotes and not above, then the article may not help,
as it sounds as if something else is going wrong.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to Bottom of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I checked the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white space. I still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.
Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Herb Tyson [MVP]
2009-03-01 04:51:31 UTC
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Don't know all that you've explored, but if there is anything in the footer
area, make sure that the footer spacing (From edge: Footer) in Page Setup -
Layout tab is not set larger than needed.

The other setting that might be giving you too much space is if the
footnote's paragraph After spacing is set too high (Format - Paragraph -
After), or if the line spacing has a multiple setting (Format - Paragraph -
Line spacing).
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
Post by Pascal
Dear Suzanne,
I just wanted to know if you managed to find a solution to problem of the
blank below the footnotes. Thanks a lot in advance
Pascal V.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm, but if the space is
actually below the footnotes and not above, then the article may not help,
as it sounds as if something else is going wrong.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to Bottom of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I checked the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white space. I still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.
Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Pascal
2009-03-02 13:29:05 UTC
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Thanks Herb. Just to be sure, I went through the procedures you gave but
they're all normal. The blank space appeared while I was working on the
format of the tables in my document. The spacing kept increasing. Thanks in
advance.
Post by Herb Tyson [MVP]
Don't know all that you've explored, but if there is anything in the footer
area, make sure that the footer spacing (From edge: Footer) in Page Setup -
Layout tab is not set larger than needed.
The other setting that might be giving you too much space is if the
footnote's paragraph After spacing is set too high (Format - Paragraph -
After), or if the line spacing has a multiple setting (Format - Paragraph -
Line spacing).
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
Post by Pascal
Dear Suzanne,
I just wanted to know if you managed to find a solution to problem of the
blank below the footnotes. Thanks a lot in advance
Pascal V.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm, but if the space is
actually below the footnotes and not above, then the article may not help,
as it sounds as if something else is going wrong.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to Bottom of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I checked the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white space. I still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.
Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Suzanne S. Barnhill
2009-03-07 06:24:03 UTC
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The more I hear, the more I think the document may be corrupt; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Pascal
Thanks Herb. Just to be sure, I went through the procedures you gave but
they're all normal. The blank space appeared while I was working on the
format of the tables in my document. The spacing kept increasing. Thanks in
advance.
Post by Herb Tyson [MVP]
Don't know all that you've explored, but if there is anything in the footer
area, make sure that the footer spacing (From edge: Footer) in Page Setup -
Layout tab is not set larger than needed.
The other setting that might be giving you too much space is if the
footnote's paragraph After spacing is set too high (Format - Paragraph -
After), or if the line spacing has a multiple setting (Format - Paragraph -
Line spacing).
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
Post by Pascal
Dear Suzanne,
I just wanted to know if you managed to find a solution to problem of the
blank below the footnotes. Thanks a lot in advance
Pascal V.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm, but if the
space
is
actually below the footnotes and not above, then the article may not help,
as it sounds as if something else is going wrong.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to
Bottom
of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I
checked
the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white
space. I
still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.
Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes
and
the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
Pascal
2009-02-27 13:06:14 UTC
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Help from Suzanne, or anyone else would be appreciated.
Post by Pascal
Dear Suzanne,
I just wanted to know if you managed to find a solution to problem of the
blank below the footnotes. Thanks a lot in advance
Pascal V.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm, but if the space is
actually below the footnotes and not above, then the article may not help,
as it sounds as if something else is going wrong.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi Suzanne,
Thanks for your suggestion. I already had the footnotes set to Bottom of
page. I fiddled with the bottom page margin and that helped. I checked the
footer and it does not appear to be overlapping with the white space. I still
however have a white space of about 1-1.5 lines which should not be there
given the margin setting.
Graeme.
Post by Suzanne S. Barnhill
Set the footnotes to "Bottom of page" instead of "Below text"?
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
p***@gmail.com
2014-02-04 06:31:22 UTC
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Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
In View:Outline mode, select View:Footnotes, and go through the Footnote Separator, Footnote Continuation Separator, and Footnote Continuation Notice formats from the pull-down list, and make sure each one does not have any extra paragraph returns at the bottom. I tried that, and it removed the extra spaces from the bottom of all my footnotes.
a***@gmail.com
2016-11-08 15:48:11 UTC
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Post by p***@gmail.com
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
In View:Outline mode, select View:Footnotes, and go through the Footnote Separator, Footnote Continuation Separator, and Footnote Continuation Notice formats from the pull-down list, and make sure each one does not have any extra paragraph returns at the bottom. I tried that, and it removed the extra spaces from the bottom of all my footnotes.
Thanks philip it worked for me.
m***@gmail.com
2019-07-21 09:57:45 UTC
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Had the same problem and what actually worked was converting the file to the newest format (it originally opened in Compatibility mode)
Post by a***@gmail.com
Post by p***@gmail.com
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
In View:Outline mode, select View:Footnotes, and go through the Footnote Separator, Footnote Continuation Separator, and Footnote Continuation Notice formats from the pull-down list, and make sure each one does not have any extra paragraph returns at the bottom. I tried that, and it removed the extra spaces from the bottom of all my footnotes.
Thanks philip it worked for me.
m***@gmail.com
2020-02-07 23:26:53 UTC
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Post by p***@gmail.com
Post by Grae
Hi,
How do I remove the large space that appears between footnotes and the
bottom of the page in Word?
Graeme.
In View:Outline mode, select View:Footnotes, and go through the Footnote Separator, Footnote Continuation Separator, and Footnote Continuation Notice formats from the pull-down list, and make sure each one does not have any extra paragraph returns at the bottom. I tried that, and it removed the extra spaces from the bottom of all my footnotes.
Thanks, Phillip, it also worked for me!
Best, Mauricio

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