Hi there,

I am facing a small issue here.



Font size of the "Footnote Reference" is the same than font size of text when inserting a footnote.

In the footnote itself, the "Footnote Text" is of font size 9pt in my template. So when I insert a footnote, the "Footnote Reference" in the footnote is also 9pt. However, I need it to be 10 pt.

So I need a macro that can change font size of "Footnote Reference" in the footnotes to 10 pt (and leave the Footnote Text to 10pt).

I know the way forward would be to parse the footnotes one by one, select the "Footnote Reference" part and change font size... but I am stuck

Thanks

Your description suggests someone has messed with the footnote reference formatting in both the document body and the footnotes (e.g. by selecting content and pressing Ctrl-Space). That can easily be remedied via Find/Replace, where:
Find = ^f
Replace = ^&
and the replacement Style is set to 'Footnote Reference'.
I should also point out that the 'Footnote Reference' font size is the same as the underlying font by default - the only difference being that the reference is superscripted.

You also don't need a macro to change the size of the footnote text - simply change the font size of the "Footnote Text" Style.

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Paul Edstein
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Thanks Macropod for your reply

"I should also point out that the 'Footnote Reference' font size is the same as the underlying font by default - the only difference being that the reference is superscripted." - Indeed.

"Footnote Text" is of font size 9pt. Therefore, the "Footnote Reference" in the footnote will be 9pt superscript. However, I need it to be 10pt superscript and "Footnote Text" to remain 9pt.

I shall try to code something tonight and revert back.

Thanks

If you try to do that by modifying the "Footnote Reference" Style, you'll end up with 9pt superscript in the document body as well.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Exactly.

Font size in body is 10pt so footnote reference is 10pt superscript in body (which is fine)
Footnote text is 9pt so footnote reference in footnote is 9pt superscript, but I need it to be 10pt superscript (therefore not following the standard rules).
I can't change styles, so a manual change is required which I want to automate.

I will code tonight but I wonder I better use a regex or is an easier way to get to the "Footnote Reference" (is it a field, a bookmark, a style, ?)
a) parse footnotes one by one;
b) range/select the "Footnote Reference" OR regex on footnote paragraph text ?
c) change font size to 10pt superscript

Cheers

Which is precisely the situation where a change in the Style definition is all you need...

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]