Word 2007: How to Insert Footnotes

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon January 19, 2007  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Word

Footnotes are sometimes necessary for providing additional information in your document. They normally use a superscript number as a marker, making it easy for the reader to simply look down from the text to the notes at the bottom to gather further information. Word automatically keeps track of the numbering and placement of the footnotes for you, making this a painless task to perform when writing that thesis, book, or scientific paper. To insert footnotes into your Word document, do the following…


1. Click the place in your document that you wish to place the insertion point for the reference mark to the footnote.

2. In the Ribbon, click the References tab.

3. In the Footnotes section, click Insert Footnote. Word will insert the reference mark at the point you selected and then take you to the bottom of the page.

4. Type your footnote.

5. When you are done, right-click the footnote and select Go to Footnote to take you back to the insertion point in the main body so you can continue working on your document.

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  • Groove Heroine
    Thanks for the tip, I was wondering what it was.
  • Lauren
    thanks its been bothering me for moths!
  • Samantha Kue
    Thanks, very helpful!!!!!!!
  • How do you get the footnotes to stay on the same page? Some of the text flows to the next page.
  • Uranela
    how can I insert comment in a footnote. meaning, to comment the text in the footnote
  • Dave
    why does the bar separating the footnotes from the text generate UNWANTED paragraph breaks? How do I get rid of them?
  • Actionhero
    awesome job man !!!!
  • Note
    The tip doesn't work, when you right click the footnote, it doesn't take you back to the document, it's greyed out.
  • darl
    When writing a paper summary is references in side the body of the summary necessary?
  • natalie
    what if i just want to insert numbers but not have the notes on the bottom of the page? and have the notes on another sheet of paper?
    how do i get rid of the line on the bottom of the page?
  • PamE
    What if you need to refer to the same citation multiple times within a document? There used to be an option in 2003 but I can't figure it out in 2007. tx
  • jhouedanou
    Thank you.
  • lollollol
    Thanks a ton. Its exactly what I was looking for.
  • Nancy Teppler
    Extremely helpful. Thank you so much. This tip prevented a lot of wasted time.
  • em123
    This website is great! Thank you!
  • taelur
    How AWESOME!!!! Thank you for this MUCH needed information!
  • Name
    ah, yes. but how do you footnote a footnote? is there some work-around to allow me to do this?
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