Have to do is change the Footnote Reference style.īoth footnote text and footnote references automatically apply when youĬreate footnotes, so you should have no reason to apply these formats directly. If you want to see footnote references in a different font, all you As a result, footnote reference numbers print using the sameįont as the rest of the text in the paragraph, except that the superscript attribute applies. The initial setting for footnote references is Default Character Format + Superscript. If you want yourįootnotes to appear in a different font or size from the rest of the document, change the font or size for the Footnote Text style. Microsoft Word generates both footnotes and endnotes. You can also change footnotes to endnotes and vice versa. Define the location of footnotes on the page see Chapter 4 (Formatting Pages). Therefore, footnotesĪre formatted in the same font that's in Normal paragraphs except that they're 10-point regardless of the Normal text size. To work effectively with footnotes and endnotes, you need to: Insert footnotes. The initial setting for footnote text is Normal + 10 point. It's a character style, so it doesn't affect formatting for the Similarly, you can format footnote reference numbers by using the Footnote Reference style. You can change the appearance of all footnotes in your document by simply modifying The formatting of footnotes is governed by the Footnote Text style.