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In article <2jjgqj$1vc@tribune.usask.ca>,
devito@cs.usask.ca (Ann DeVito) writes:
|> I am trying to discover whether it is possible
|> in Mac Word 5.1
|> to format the footnotes in such a way that
|> there is a set space between the
|> footnote reference number (the number in
|> superscript) and the beginning of the
|> footnote text proper.  Spaces will not do (in a
|> justified text the resulting
|> gaps are uneven and, often, much too large),
|> nor will tabs (the footnotes run
|> from 1 to 250 or so: it is impossible to set a
|> tab that will accomodate the
|> larger numbers and yet not leave an unwieldy
|> gap with the smaller numbers).  I
|> would appreciate any suggestions that anyone
|> might have.             
|> 
|> John Porter
|> Dept. of Classics
|> U. of Saskatchewan


I do the following:

Outdent the footnote text.  That is, shift-drag the bottom half of the left
margin indicator to the right about 1/2 inch (farther if your text is in 
a large font).  Then, add a right-justifed tab inbetween the outdent marks.
This tab must the the middle one from the tab pallete, the one whose tail
points left, not right.  Finally, surround the footnote reference numbers
with tabs.  You'll have to play with just where to put them so everything
looks good.

Summary:

Footnote text ruler, showing the paragraph marker (left and right) and the
right-justified tab marker:

======================================================
0                         1                         2
|\                        |                         |
      ^   _ 
    __|  |/


Footnote text:

<tab><number><tab>Text of the footnote.s

Footnotes would look like this (to the scale above):

      1  This is footnote one.
      2  This is footnote two.  Wrapping is cool too, the
         text wrap like this.
     11  This is footnote eleven.
    109  This is footnote one-hundred and nine.  As you can
         see, the footnote numbers are right justified, and 
         they stay close to the text.  The small amount of space
         lost on the left is not a problem.