Use footnotes and endnotes to explain, comment on, or provide references to something in a document. Usually, footnotes appear at the bottom of the page, while endnotes come at the end of the document or section.Â
If you're in a view-only mode (Viewing), switch to editing view by selecting Edit in the top right and then Editing.
Add a footnote
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Click where you want to add the footnote.
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Select Reference > Insert Footnote.
Word inserts a reference mark in the text and adds the footnote mark at the bottom of the page.
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Type the footnote text.
Add an endnote
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Click where you want to add the endnote.
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Select Reference > Insert Endnote.
Word inserts a reference mark in the text and adds the endnote mark at the end of the document.
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Type the endnote text.
Customize your footnotes and endnotes
To customize a footnote or endnote:
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Click the reference number or mark in the body of the text or click References > Show Footnotes(for endnotes, click References > Show Endnotes).
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In the footnote/endnote view, click Format Footnotes or Format Endnotes to display the Format Options dialog, where you can change the size, font, and indentation of one or all of your footnotes or endnotes.
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Select Apply.
Note:Â If you want to convert footnotes to endnotes or the other way around, use the Open in Word command and convert them there. When you save the doc in Word, it's saved where you opened it in Word for the web.
