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12. PAGE NOTESdefault \normalfont\footnotesize.The macro\setsidefeet{〈hsep〉}{〈width〉}{〈vsep〉}{〈adj〉}{〈font〉}{〈height〉}sets the specifications all six settings above in one go.. An ‘*’ means ‘use the current value’.So memoir internally use the following default\setsidefeet{\marginparsep}{\marginparwidth}%{\onelineskip}{0pt}%{\normalfont\footnotesize}{\textheight}%It is recommended to use this macro along with the other macros in the preamble to specifydocument layout.12.5.3 Styling \sidefootnote\sidefootmarkstyle{〈code〉}controls how the side footnote counter is typeset in the side footnote. The default is\sidefootmarkstyle{\textsuperscript{#1}}The mark is typeset in a box of width \sidefootmarkwidth If this is negative, themark is outdented into the margin, if zero the mark is flush left, and when positive themark is indented. The mark is followed by the text of the footnote. Second and later linesof the text are offset by the length \sidefootmarksep from the end of the box. The firstline of a paragraph within a footnote is indented by \sidefootparindent. The defaultvalues for these lengths are:\setlength{\sidefootmarkwidth}{0em}\setlength{\sidefootmarksep}{0em}\setlength{\sidefootparindent}{1em}Caveat: It is natural to specify a length as \sidefootparindent as a L A TEX length, but ithas a down side. If, as we do here, set the value to 1em, then since the size of the em unitchanges with the current font size, one will actually end up with an indent correspondingto the font size being used when the\setlength{\sidefootparindent}{1em}was issued, not when it has used (where the font size most often will be \footnotesize).At this point we consider this to be a feature not an error. One way to get pass thisproblem it the following\begingroup% keep font change local\sidefoottextfont\global\setlength\sidefootparindent{1em}\endgroupThen it will store the value of em corresponding to the font being used.\sidefoottextfontholds the font being used by the side footnote, default \normalfont\footnotesize.\sidefootformis used to specify the raggedness of the text. Default244