If you are in Page Layout view, the view shifts to the location of the footnote or endnote where a separator line is inserted. If you are in Normal or Online Layout view, the window splits to display a footnote or endnote pane with the insertion point blinking beside the marker ( Figure 13).įigure 13. Word inserts a marker at the insertion point, then one of two things happens: If you select Custom mark, enter a character for the mark in the box beside it.Ĭlick OK. In the Numbering area, select the option for the type of numbering you want. In the Insert area, select the option for the type of note you want to insert. Position the insertion point immediately after the text that you want to annotate.Ĭhoose Insert > Footnote ( Figure 1) to display the Footnote and Endnote dialog ( Figure 12).įigure 12. Position the insertion point immediately after the text that you want to annotate ( Figure 11).įigure 11. If you're old enough to remember preparing high school or college term papers on a typewriter, you'll recognize this feature as another example of how easy kids have it today. Word automatically renumbers footnotes or endnotes, whenever necessary, when you insert or delete a note. Multiple-section documents are covered in Chapter 5.
Word automatically inserts the footnote separator line, too.Įndnotes appear either at the end of the section in which the annotated text appears or at the end of the document.įootnotes and endnotes are commonly used to show the source of a piece of information or provide additional information that may not be of interest to every reader.
The difference between a footnote and an endnote is its position in the document:įootnotes appear either after the last line of text on the page on which the annotated text appears or at the bottom of the page on which the annotated text appears ( Figure 10).įigure 10.
When you view the document in Page Layout view or Print Preview, or print the document, the note appears where you specified. You insert a markerusually a number or symbolright after the text, tell Word where you want the note to go, and enter the note. Footnotes and endnotes are annotations for specific document text.
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