Footnote Pane (Word 97)

[tigercubz]

I work almost entirely in normal view and have a quick-key combo to view & edit footnotes.
Question: Is there a way to ENLARGE the default pane size for footnote viewing? I'm getting real tired of pulling that top border up with the mouse every single time.

Thanks ..... tigercubz

[jscher2000]

Searching through help was no help, but I was able to record this macro (in Word 2000):
<pre>Sub OpenFootnotesAt40Percent()
' Macro recorded 4/8/2002 by Jefferson Scher
'
If ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = wdPrintView Or ActiveWindow. _
ActivePane.View.Type = wdWebView Or ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Type = _
wdPrintPreview Then
ActiveWindow.View.SeekView = wdSeekFootnotes
Else
ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneFootnotes
End If
ActiveWindow.SplitVertical = 60
End Sub</pre>

You can save this and assign a keystroke to it. Edit as desired.

[Phil Rabichow]

Hi Jefferson:
I took your macro & called it ViewFootnoteArea and saved it with a document, as a test. I thought it would replace the Word command of the same name, at least for that document. However, when I then went to the view menu & selected footnotes, the same smaller pane opened. Do you know why this wouldn't have replaced the Word command? I read the article Architecture: How Word Resolves Conflicts & would have thought that the macro in the document would have taken precedence (unless I've used the wrong Word command).

[jscher2000]

Try ViewFootnotes; I didn't but it's such a literal match to the menu command name that I think it's worth a shot.

[Phil Rabichow]

<img src=/S/doh.gif border=0 alt=doh width=15 height=15> That's it. I didn't look down the list far enough. Thanks.