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Application: Text Web version

A footnote is a note with additional information that is placed at the bottom of the page and separated from the main text by a horizontal line. Footnotes are automatically numbered.

Add a footnote

1.Place the cursor at the location in the main text where you want to insert the footnote reference.

2.Insert the footnote in one of the following ways:

On the Insert tab, click the Footnote button.

Press the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+F (Cmd+Option+F).

3.After that the cursor will automatically move to the field for entering the footnote text at the bottom of the current page. Enter the required text.

Footnote formatting

All standard editor formatting tools can be applied to the footnote text.

Delete a footnote

To delete a footnote, select and delete its reference number in the main text. The footnote text will be deleted automatically.

Features and limitations

The following features are not available for footnotes in the current version of the editor:

Recording changes (review mode).

Spell checking.

Copying the entire footnote as an object.

Searching for text contained within footnotes.

The web version of the editor correctly displays endnotes created in other text editors.

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