The key is to have a Style you can apply.
With a Frame, this will be a paragraph style.
You may want to base your new style on the Footnote Text style.

• The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word
• Creating Frames in Word
• Save a Frame or Textbox for later re-use
• Sidebars and Marginal Text using Frames

As I wrote I followed the instructions in those links and when I apply the style to text in the FN area it DOES NOT put it in a frame, but only when the text is in the regular area and I have to drag it down which is really annoying.

Yo cannot insert a frame in the FN area only in the main text area and than drag it, so am I stuck?

As I said I need hundreds of margian texts in the FN area so I am really desperate.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Susan

Yes, you are.