Adjust Footnote Bulletin For Free

When in Draft mode, you need to click on Show Notes in the Footnotes section of the References tab of the ribbon and then select the Footnote Separator from the dropdown at the top of the footnotes pane and format the paragraph to remove the space before it.

When you write footnotes, you can choose to format them at the bottom of the page (footnotes) or on a separate page at the end of the paper (endnotes). Place your endnotes after the reference list on a separate page with its own title: Endnotes. This is where you can list all your notes.

When in Draft mode, you need to click on Show Notes in the Footnotes section of the References tab of the ribbon and then select the Footnote Separator from the dropdown at the top of the footnotes pane and format the paragraph to remove the space before it.

Once you're in Draft view, go to the References tab then click Show Notes. Change the Footnotes setting from All Footnotes to Footnote Separator. Place your cursor at the end of separator line, then press Delete to remove the empty paragraph below. Click the X at the far right of the Footnotes mini window to close it.

Switch to Draft View and then click on Show Notes in the Footnotes section of the References tab of the ribbon and then from the dropdown in the Footnotes header bar, select Footnote Speparator and then with it selected, go to the Format Paragraph dialog and change the indent as required.

The most likely culprit here is the formatting applied to your footnote separator. This separator appears on its own paragraph and can be formatted just like any other paragraph in your document.

Using the Notes drop-down list at the top of the Footnotes window, choose Footnote Separator. Word displays the current separator in the window. Change or delete the separator, as desired. When you are satisfied with the appearance of the separator, close the footnote window.