You can set a hanging indent for your Footnote Text style and then add the following pair of macros to your Normal.dotm:

Sub InsertFootnote()
'Codefrom wordmvp.com, modified by Stefan Blom
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range

With Selection
.Paragraphs(1).Range.Font.Reset
.Paragraphs(1).Range.Characters(2) = ""
.InsertAfter "." & vbTab
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
End With
ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView Selection.Range



End Sub

Sub InsertFootnoteNow()
'Code from wordmvp.com, modified by Stefan Blom
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range

With Selection
.Paragraphs(1).Range.Font.Reset
.Paragraphs(1).Range.Characters(2) = ""
.InsertAfter "." & vbTab
.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
End With
ActiveWindow.ScrollIntoView Selection.Range
End Sub



The macros will override the built-in commands to add footnotes and run the code instead. They will apply to future footnotes that you create in Word.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

Are you saying that you can intercept built-in Word commands and customize their behavior?

So if I hit ctrl+alt+f (insert footnote) it will execute your code as opposed to the built in behavior?

Where are all the Word "events" documented, with their exact names? So if I want to run a macro that when a certain file opens you get a message box: "You better get working faster because you are falling behind", where can I learn about the file/open "event"?

Total Newbie to VBA/Word macros, please be patient and excuse my cosmic ignorance.

Thank you and have a good day!

Susan Flamingo