How do I set the default font size for footnotes?

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Bill,

Did you do this?...
The Styles pane should appear all the way down the right side of the
Word window, not in the ribbon across the top. At the bottom of that
pane, there should be three square buttons and a blue
hyperlink-looking thing that says "Options...". If you don't see all
that, there's something wrong with your Word installation.
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Microsoft Word MVP
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:51:01 -0700, Bill Self <Bill

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

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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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Gareth_S]

Excellent! Thank you very much. For ages, I've been trying to figure out how
to do that. Thanks again. A great help.

 

[legalanagel12]

I followed your instructions and was able to format my footnote just the way
I wanted. Thank you for your time in answering these posts.
K.