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If I am using a right-to-left language in Microsoft Word 2010 and want to use footnotes, how do I make the line above the footnotes (dividing them from the main text) also be on the right side?
As in the below picture, I have the right-to-left direction in the footnotes, and the "1" is on the right side, but the dividing line remains on the left side.
AFAIK there's no build-in functionality, but it's an easy task for a VBA macro (which i've found here):
Sub comment2footnote()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim oDoc As Document, oComment As Comment
Set oDoc = ActiveDocument
For Each oComment In ActiveDocument.Comments
oDoc.Footnotes.Add Range:=oComment.Scope, Text:=oComment.Range.Text
oComment.Delete
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
This will insert footnotes for each comment, copying the comment's text and removing the comment afterwards.
Here's your text in Word. The tab control is circled.
Step 1 - Click the tab control until you see the right tab symbol which looks like a backwards L.
Step 2 - Type a Tab where you want the text to split.
Step 3 - Click in the ruler at the right end to insert a right tab in the current paragraph.
In the illustration, the tab is not all the way to the right so you can more easily see it. You can drag the tab along the ruler to position it anywhere you want - in your case, even with the end of the line as indicated by the white area.
A right tab "anchors" the right end of the text that follows the tab character. By clicking the tab control, you can choose left, right, or center tabs. Experiment by inserting different tabs in the ruler and moving them around to see the effect on the text.
Best Answer
You can edit footnote seperators in Draft view.
First, click on Draft, which is at the lower right corner.
Go to the References tab and click on Show Notes.
In the new window that appears below, open the drop-down menu labeled Footnotes and choose Footnote Separator.
Now you can highlight the separator in the textbox below and align it to the right just like normal text. Right CTRL + SHIFT is the shortcut I believe.
Now go back to Print Layout view and you should see the changes.