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Old 10-19-2021, 03:58 PM
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There is an extra empty line between the last footnote and the footer on every page. When I opt to show all hidden symbols, there are no paragraph markers or other unwanted symbols. How can I remove the extra space?

I have other files set up with the same parameters, and that extra space is not there in those files. But I am unable to see any difference between these files and the problem file which could account for the extra space.

I have tried going into draft mode and showing the footnotes; there also I could not see anything which would be causing the extra space.
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Look at the paragraph formatting of both your footnote and your footer styles: space after for the footnote and space before for the footer.
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If someone can give some further guideline as to how to remove this empty line, will be deeply grateful. As mentioned, I tried using "show hidden symbols", and using draft mode, but could not find the cause of the blank line between the footer and the footnotes.
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Post your document so we can see what you are looking at. We can't guess the reason for your spacing without seeing the content.
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I have attached two MS Word docx files, made in Word 2019. They are of the same chapter from two different files in a series. If you open the file named "sample 1", you'll see that the footnotes on both pages are closely abutting the footer, with no space between the footnotes and the footer. That is how I need it. In the file named "sample 2", you'll see it contains the same content, but there is substantial space between the footnotes on each of the two pages, and the footer below them. Due to this, the last two rows of the alphabet chart on the first page have been pushed over onto the next page. I need to know what is the reason for that space between the footnotes and the footer, and to be able to remove that space so that the whole alphabet chart will fit on the first page as in the file "sample 1".
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The ONE difference between the two files is the file format.

If you open the Sample 2 doc you will notice it is in Compatibility Mode. Go to File and you will see a Convert button next to Compatibility Mode. Click the Convert button and click OK to change the format to the same as the Sample 1 doc. You will then see the gap between the footnotes and footer closes up to the same as Sample 1.
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Wow -- what a great and simple solution! Many thanks.
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I agree, it was a simple solution but a very non-obvious one. I looked at all sorts of settings to try to figure out why the two files were different. I was definitely clutching at straws when I decided to try changing formats.

I have no idea why file compatibility is relevant to the trailing space on a footnote but at least we have a fix for it now.
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Yes, I can imagine it took some looking and searching around-- not at all obvious. Once we know the answer, only then is it simple. But so long as we don't know, it is not simple at all. Again, many thanks for figuring this out.
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