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Word inserts a note reference mark containing a number. To insert a standard footnote, place your insertion point where you want the footnote mark to appear, and press Alt+Ctrl+F. How footnotes are separated from other text on your pagesīy using Word's controls, you can customize your footnotes or endnotes for any type of document, including specialized documents such as legal documents, which may have strict footnote or endnote requirements. What kind of footnote or endnote marks (called note reference marks) you use How your footnotes and endnotes are sequenced Where your footnotes appear on your page and exactly where your endnotes are placed at the end of your document Of course, you can control the text that appears in your footnotes and endnotes?and how that text is formatted. When you use Word's footnote and endnote features, you get extensive control over your footnotes and endnotes. Word can automate the most annoying aspects of managing footnotes and endnotes: sequencing and placing them properly. You can use them both in the same document. Both footnotes and endnotes are equally easy to insert?and easy to work with after you add them. Notes compiled at the end of a document?or at the end of a section?are called endnotes. In Word, footnotes appear at the bottom of your current page. You can also leave this with its default, a thin border line, if you want to separate the footnote box from the rest of the publication.Footnotes and endnotes are notes that provide more information about specific text in your document. Click the “Shape Fill” button, select “No Fill,” click the “Shape Outline” button, and then choose “No Outline” so the footnote box does not have a border.

Note that there is a Text Box Tools tab that opens too, but you actually need the Drawing Tools tab. Continue typing until the footnotes are entered.Ĭlick the text box to open the orange Drawing Tools tab. Press “Enter” and type the next footnote number, such as “2” if you started with “1.” Type the corresponding footnote information. Type the information that goes with the footnote, such as a reference about an author or company. Type the number “1” (omit the quotes) or whichever footnote you started with within the publication. Press the “Enter” key to drop to the next line. When the cursor transforms into a plus symbol, click and drag the mouse to form a text box.Ĭlick inside the box, and then type “Footnotes,” “End Notes,” “References” or your preferred phrase, if any. Scroll to the bottom of the document page or, if you prefer to keep all footnotes to the end of the document, to the last page.Ĭlick the “Insert” tab, and then click the “Draw Text Box” button. Creating and Inserting a Footnotes Section