Space (add space before footnote text, add space after footnote text)Įdit the footnote reference numbering in Word.
Line spacing (spacing between the footnotes).
Under Formatting, you can change the font.
As you can see, there are more formatting options. It will open the Modify Style dialog box for the footnote text. This time you should select Footnote Text and click on Modify.
Make changes to the footnote style > Click OKįollow the same steps to open the Manage Styles dialog box.
Under Formatting, you can choose the font, font size, font style, and color.
There are not many formatting options for the footnote reference. It will open the Modify Style dialog box.
You can also click in the selection and type F on your keyboardĮdit the footnote reference style in the Modify Style box.
Select the Footnote Reference by scrolling up or down.
In our example, we will first edit the footnote reference. You can edit both footnote styles if you want.
Footnote Text is the information you type at the bottom of the page.
Footnote Reference is the superscripted number or symbol in the text.
You can do this by scrolling down in the selection. Now you should go to > Select a style to editįrom there, you can select footnote reference or footnote text.
Next to Sort order > Select Alphabetical.
The next step is to change the settings in the Manage Styles dialog box. Change settings in the Manage Styles dialog box Once you click on it, it will open the Manage Styles dialog box. In the Styles pane, you should click on the Manage Styles icon at the bottom. It will automatically open the Styles pane in your Word document.
Go to the Styles group in the ribbon > Click on the arrow in the corner.
The first step is to open the Styles pane: Microsoft Word also has an article about changing the footnote font size and formatting. Luckily there is a tool for it in Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016, Word 2019, and Word 2021. We will show you the steps and explain them.īefore we start, you need to know how to add a footnote in a Word document. The footnote format includes the font, size, color, style ( bold, italic, underline), alignment, spacing, and indentation.
Edit the footnote reference numbering in Word.
Edit the footnote reference style in the Modify Style box.