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footnotes text orientation in Hebrew based Word

I use the Hebrew based Word 2010, but write in English (and have left-to-right orientation in my main text). However, when I insert a footnote it starts from right to left. I can change every footnote, but can't find a way to make them to have left to right orientation from the beginning.
Text direction is tied to the language you are working with.
Check if these help:

http://superuser.com/questions/481383/how-to-make-right-to-left-footnotes-in-microsoft-word
http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37332
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Thanks. I work in English but it doesn't help. 
These links don't help. It's not an issue of a separator but of the entire footnote orientation.

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Do you have an english language pack?
Did you change the keyboard layouts while typing in english?
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Since you are running a version that supports both left-to-right and right-to-left, there should be an option somewhere to change the default text direction. For example, try modifying the Normal style or the Footnote Text style.

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None of the above suggestions worked. 

When the cursor is on the footnote, I try to change the LTR setting through the Footnote Text Style dialogue box. It shows it's left-to-right but those buttons are disabled and I can't access them. The style is based on the Normal style which is right-to-left.

What do I do now? How can I get to it?

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Last updated January 19, 2024 Views 1,127 Applies to: