You can change both the formatting of the footnote text and the footnote marker (the footnote number) at any time.
Formatting footnote text
To change the formatting of the text of an individual footnote, simply position the text cursor in the footnote text and apply the desired formatting.
Tip: If you want to change the formatting of the text for all footnotes in the whole document, TextMaker can save you a lot of work. All you have to do is change the paragraph style "Footnote Text", which TextMaker automatically creates as soon as you insert the first footnote.
By default, the text of all footnotes is formatted with this paragraph style. As long as you have not manually changed the formatting of the footnote texts, changes to the "Footnote Text" style will affect all footnote texts in the document.
To edit this style, proceed as follows:
| 1. | Right-click to open the context menu and select Paragraph style. |
| 2. | Select the "Footnote Text" style in the list, and click on Edit. |
| 3. | The program displays a dialog box in which you can change the formatting. Make the desired changes there. Tip: You can also change the character formatting by clicking on the Character button on the Paragraph tab. |
| 4. | Exit the dialog boxes with OK and then Close. |
For general information on using styles, see Styles.
Formatting footnote marks
The footnote mark (i.e. the footnote number) of footnotes is automatically added as a superscript by TextMaker. However, you can change the marker's character formatting according to your preference. Select the footnote mark, right-click to open the context menu and select Character to open the dialog box (alternatively: choose the ribbon tab Home | group Character with the group arrow
). Make the desired changes in the dialog box.
Tip 1: All footnote marks are automatically formatted with the "Footnote Reference" character style (note: character style, not paragraph style!). If you edit this style via the context menu with the entry Character style, all footnote marks in the document change their appearance accordingly.
Tip 2: The sidebar is recommended to enable you to orient yourself better with respect to formatting footnotes via paragraph styles/character styles. It will be easier for you to identify footnote text (function: Paragraph style) and footnote marks (function: Character style) here.