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The difference between a footnote and an endnote in Word 2013 is that one appears on the same page as the reference and the other appears at the end of the document. Content-wise, a footnote contains bonus information, a clarification, or an aside, and an endnote is a reference or citation. That’s just a guess.
In both cases, the footnote or endnote is flagged by a superscripted number or letter in the text1. And both are created in the same manner, like this:
1See? It works!
Click the mouse so that the insertion pointer is immediately to the right of the text that you want the footnote or endnote to reference.
There should be no spaces.
Click the References tab.
You should see the Footnotes Group.
From the Footnotes group, choose either the Insert Footnote or Insert Endnote command button.
A number is superscripted to the text, and you’re instantly whisked to the bottom of the page (footnote) or the end of the document (endnote), where you type the footnote or endnote.
Type the footnote or endnote.
There’s no need to type the note’s number; it’s done for you automatically.
Here are some non-footnote endnote notes:
The keyboard shortcut for inserting a footnote is Alt+Ctrl+F.
The keyboard shortcut for inserting an endnote is Atl+Ctrl+D.
The footnote and endnote numbers are updated automatically so that all footnotes and endnotes are sequential in your document.
Use the Next Footnote button’s menu to browse between footnote and endnote references in your document; the Next Footnote button is found in the Footnotes group on the References tab on the Ribbon.
You can see a footnote or endnote’s contents by pointing the mouse at the superscripted number in the document’s text.
Use the Show Notes button (Footnotes group, References tab) to help you examine footnotes or endnotes themselves. That same button can also be used to hop back to the footnote/endnote reference in your text.
To delete a footnote or endnote, highlight its reference number in your document and press the Delete key. Word magically renumbers any remaining footnotes or endnotes.
To convert a footnote to an endnote, right-click on the footnote itself. Choose the command Convert to Endnote. Likewise, you can convert endnotes to footnotes by right-clicking on the endnote text and choosing the command Convert to Footnote.
For additional control over the footnotes and endnotes, click the dialog box launcher button in the Footnotes group. Use the Footnote and Endnote dialog box to customize the reference text location, format, starting number, and other options.
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Endnotes are used to reference text in your document. Footnotes appear at the bottom of the page, while endnotes are located at the end of a document. These are used to annotate text in your document and explain that text. You can use endnotes to give a reference, explain a definition, insert a comment, or cite a source.
About Endnotes
There are two parts to an endnote — the note reference mark and the endnote text. A note reference mark is a number that marks the in-document text, while the endnote text is where you type the information. Using Microsoft Word to insert your endnotes has the added benefit of having Microsoft Word control your endnotes as well.
This means that when you insert a new endnote, Microsoft Word will automatically number the selected text in the document. If you add an endnote citation between two other citations, or if you delete a citation, Microsoft Word will automatically adjust the numbering to reflect the changes.
Insert an Endnote
Inserting an endnote is an easy task. With just a few clicks, you have an endnote inserted into the document.
- Click at the end of the word where you want the endnote inserted.
- Select the References tab.
- Click Insert Endnote in the Footnotes section. Microsoft Word shifts the document to the endnote area.
- Type your endnote in the Endnote text area.
- Follow the above steps to insert more endnotes or create a macro to assign a keyboard shortcut to insert endnotes.
Read Endnotes
You do not have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to read an endnote. Simply hover your mouse over the number citation in the document and the endnote is displayed as a small pop-up, much like a tool-tip.
Change the Endnote Numbering
You can decide how you want your endnotes numbered, either starting at number 1, a letter, or a Roman numeral. Microsoft Word defaults to Roman numerals. You can also have endnotes appear at the end of a section in your document.
- Click on the on the Footnote & Endnote Dialog Box Launcher on the References tab, in the Footnotes group.
- Choose the desired starting value in the Start at box.
- Choose End of Document to have the endnotes appear at the end of the document.
- Choose End of Section to have the endnotes appear at the end of each section.
- Choose a number format from the Number Format drop-down menu to change from the 1, 2, 3 numbering format to a lettering or roman numeral numbering style.
Create an Endnote Continuation Notice
If your endnote is long and runs onto another page, you can have Microsoft Word insert a continuation notice. This notice will let readers know that it continued on the next page.
- Click Draft on the View tab in the Document View section. You must be in Draft view to complete this procedure.
- Insert your footnote.
- Click Show Notes on the References tab in the Footnotes section.
- Select Endnote Continuation Notice from the drop-down menu on the note panes.
- Type what you want to readers to see, such as Continued on Next Page.
Delete an Endnote
Deleting an endnote is easy as long as you remember to delete the note citation within the document. Deleting the note itself will leave the numbering in the document.
- Select the note citation within the document.
- Press Delete on your keyboard. The endnote is deleted and the remaining endnotes are renumbered.
Change the Endnote Separator
When you insert endnotes, Microsoft Word also places a separator line between the text in the document and the endnote section. You can change how this separator appears or remove the separator.
- Click Draft on the View tab in the Document View section. You must be in Draft view to complete this procedure.
- Click Show Notes on the References tab in the Footnotes section.
- Select Endnote Separator from the drop-down menu on the note panes.
- Select the separator.
- Click the Borders and Shading button on the Home tab in the Paragraph section.
- Click Custom on the Settings menu.
- Select a separator line style from the Style menu. You can also select a color and width.
- Make sure that only the top line is selected in the Preview section. If more lines are displayed, click on the bottom, left, and right line to toggle them off.
- Click Ok. The newly formatted footnote separator is displayed.
Give It a Try
Now that you see just how easy adding endnotes to your document can be, it's certainly worth giving it a try it the next time you need to write a research paper or long document.