diff --git a/lib/isodoc/iec/html/htmlstyle.scss b/lib/isodoc/iec/html/htmlstyle.scss
index 4e64eec3..c296d47b 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/iec/html/htmlstyle.scss
+++ b/lib/isodoc/iec/html/htmlstyle.scss
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ font-size: 1.1em;
 3.10 Footnotes
 */
 
-a.footnote-number, a.TableFootnoteRef {
+a.footnote-number, a.TableFootnoteRef, span.TableFootnoteRef {
 vertical-align: super;
 font-size: 0.8em;
 }
diff --git a/lib/isodoc/iec/html/isodoc.scss b/lib/isodoc/iec/html/isodoc.scss
index 5a887245..6e1d6985 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/iec/html/isodoc.scss
+++ b/lib/isodoc/iec/html/isodoc.scss
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ div.rule {
   text-underline:none;
 }
 
-a.TableFootnoteRef
+a.TableFootnoteRef, span.TableFootnoteRef
         {mso-style-priority:99;
            mso-style-parent:"Footnote Reference";
         vertical-align:super;}