Change or remove a footnote or endnote separator
Microsoft Word separates document text from footnotes and endnotes with a short horizontal
line called a note separator. If a note overflows onto the next page, Word prints
a longer line called a note continuation separator. You can customize separators
by adding borders, text, or graphics.
Switch to normal view.
On the View menu, click Footnotes.
If your document contains both footnotes and endnotes, a message appears. Click View
footnote area or View endnote area, and then click OK.
In the note pane, click the type of separator you want to change or remove in the
Notes box:
To change the separator that appears between the document text and notes, click Footnote
separator or Endnote separator.
To change the separator for notes that continue from the previous page, click Footnote
continuation separator or Endnote continuation separator.
Select the separator and make changes:
To remove the separator, press DELETE.
To edit the separator, insert a Clip Art divider line or type text.
To restore the default separator, click Reset.