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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Spacing Between Footnotes</title>
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  <bookmark_value>spacing; endnotes/footnotes</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>endnotes; spacing</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>footnotes; spacing</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>borders;for footnotes/endnotes</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3147683"><variable id="footnote_with_line"><link href="text/swriter/guide/footnote_with_line.xhp">Spacing Between Footnotes</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3145808" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If you want to increase the spacing between footnote or endnote texts, you can add a top and bottom border to the corresponding paragraph style.</paragraph>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155603" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in a footnote or endnote.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155620" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>View - Styles</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3154251" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Right-click the Paragraph Style that you want to modify, for example, "Footnote", and choose <emph>Modify</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155884" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click the <link href="text/shared/01/05030500.xhp"><emph>Borders</emph></link> tab.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147110" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <item type="menuitem">Default</item> area, click the <item type="menuitem">Set Top and Bottom Borders Only</item> icon.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150931" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <item type="menuitem">Line</item> area, click a line in the <item type="menuitem">Style</item> list.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150961" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select "White" in the <item type="menuitem">Color</item> box. If the background of the page is not white, select the color that best matches the background color.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150519" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Padding</emph> area, clear the <emph>Synchronize</emph> check box.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150709" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Enter a value in the <item type="menuitem">Top</item> and <item type="menuitem">Bottom</item> boxes.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150740" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
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  <embed href="text/swriter/guide/footnote_usage.xhp#footnote_usage"/>
  <paragraph id="par_id3148846" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/01/05030500.xhp">Format - Paragraph - Borders</link></paragraph>
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