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Problem with footnotes
Right click one of the footnotes > paragraph > indents & spacing tab. I assume you're Spacing After is 12 pts (or something other than 0)? If so, that's what is causing the blank line below each footnote (it's likely built into the Footnote Text style). If that setting says "auto," try switching it to 12 pt (2 up arrows) and see if you get the same result re: spacing. However, the spacing doesn't multiply on its own in my experience. Are you using a .doc or a .docx file? If .doc, convert to .docx and see if the behavior persists. Also, when you hit Ctrl + P, do you see the same spacing in print preview that you do when editing the document? Confirm that the Footnote Text style is being applied to your footnote (and hasn't been switched to something else). If it's something else, re-apply Footnote Text and see if that makes any difference.
Right click one of the footnotes > paragraph > indents & spacing tab. I assume you're Spacing After is 12 pts (or something other than 0)? If so, that's what is causing the blank line below each footnote (it's likely built into the Footnote Text style). If that setting says "auto," try switching it to 12 pt (2 up arrows) and see if you get the same result re: spacing. However, the spacing doesn't multiply on its own in my experience. Are you using a .doc or a .docx file? If .doc, convert to .docx and see if the behavior persists. Also, when you hit Ctrl + P, do you see the same spacing in print preview that you do when editing the document? Confirm that the Footnote Text style is being applied to your footnote (and hasn't been switched to something else). If it's something else, re-apply Footnote Text and see if that makes any difference.
The issue was in all my documents but when I converted them to .docx it fixed itself. I was literally losing my mind, so thank you so much!
Thanks for the follow-up. What you describe indicates that the "Don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing" could be responsible. You can clear the option explicitly or you can "upgrade" your document to the most recent .docx format.
When the "Don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing" option is selected, Word adds Spacing After to Spacing Before in the following paragraph, as opposed to using the smaller of the two values. For example, 18 pt After followed by 6 pt Before will result in 24 pt of spacing between text paragraphs.
