Add or change footnotes or endnotes

Footnotes and endnotes are used to explain, comment on, or provide references for text in a document. Footnotes are positioned at the bottom of the page, whereas endnotes are positioned together on a page at the end of the document. A footnote or an endnote consists of two parts — the note reference markA number, character, or combination of characters that reference additional information in a footnote or endnote. In the following example, the number 12 is a note reference mark.

Note reference mark
and the corresponding note text. Footnotes and endnotes differ from citations, which are parenthetical references that are placed inline with the text. The source information stored in the Citations tool or Source Manager can be used to create citations, a list of works cited, or a bibliography. However, you cannot use the information in the Citations tool or Source Manager to create footnotes or endnotes, and you cannot use footnotes or endnotes to create a list of works cited or a bibliography.

Do any of the following:

Add a footnote or endnote

Edit the text in a footnote or endnote

Restart footnote or endnote numbers

Change the number format of note reference marks

Move a footnote or an endnote

Copy a footnote or an endnote

Delete a single footnote or endnote

Delete all automatically numbered footnotes or endnotes