Change page number font size without affecting footnotes

Somehow all my page-numbers are defined as 'Footnote'.

My problem is that I have defined Footnote as 10pt. but I want my page numbers to be 11 point. If I go to page 1 and change the size of the number only that number changes, the rest remain 10pt. I have 234 pages and I don't want to change each page number. If I choose update then all my footnotes are also updated to the new size.

Is there anything I can do?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 13.7

Posted on Nov 19, 2025 12:39 PM

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Nov 19, 2025 1:35 PM in response to tonydre

Page numbers and footnotes are exclusive entities in a Pages document. You can set the font attributes of each independently of the other.


Setting these in a multi-section document means that you will need to set these attributes on the first page of each section in order for the effect to populate on all pages of that section, or if you want the entire document to have these attributes that you establish in the first section, then for each subsequent document section (Document panel > Section) choose Match previous section (if not already selected).

Change page number font size without affecting footnotes

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