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 ====== Word footnotes have undeletable extra lines  ====== ====== Word footnotes have undeletable extra lines  ======
 +====== Word Fussnoten haben nicht löschbare leere Linien ======
  
-In NORMAL VIEW (NOT Print Layout view), VIEW>FOOTNOTE and select FOOTNOTE SEPARATOR from drop down list. Now you can edit the separator. You'll probably see some blank lines before and/or after the little horizontal separator line itself. Delete those and close and go back to Print Layout view and the extra white space should be gone. Found answer deep in a MS site. No documentation anywhere else. Tried everything mentioned above in frustration.+ 
 +Possible solutions:  
 +  * Try to copy the entire file to the clipboard, minus the last paragraph sign. Paste to a new empty file.  
 + 
 +  * In NORMAL VIEW (NOT Print Layout view), VIEW>FOOTNOTE and select FOOTNOTE SEPARATOR from drop down list. Now you can edit the separator. You'll probably see some blank lines before and/or after the little horizontal separator line itself. Delete those and close and go back to Print Layout view and the extra white space should be gone. Found answer deep in a MS site. No documentation anywhere else. Tried everything mentioned above in frustration. 
 + 
 +    * Make sure that the footnote separator doesn't include any empty 
 +paragraphs; turn on the display of nonprinting characters to find out 
 +(if you need instructions, see 
 +http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NonPrintChars.htm). Also, make 
 +sure that the Footnote Text paragraph style doesn't include formatting 
 +such as "Keep lines together", which could cause a lot of white space 
 +in the body text paragraphs. 
 + 
 +In Word 2007: 
 +  * Start Formattierzeichen anzeigen (verkehrtes |P) 
 +  * Ansicht-Entwurf 
 +  * Verweise-Notizen anzeigen 
 +  * In der Fussnotenansicht in folgenden Dropdowns die überzähligen Paragraphenzeichen löschen 
 +    * Fussnotentrennlinie 
 +    * Fussnotenfortsetzungstrennlinie 
 + 
 + 
 +-- 
  
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