Technical Guide to Using Footnotes 5.1 How to Add Footnotes in Microsoft Word 5.2 How to Add Footnotes in Google Docs 6. How to Use Footnotes in Essays 4.1 Style Guides 4.1.1 Modern Language Association (MLA) 4.1.2 American Psychological Association (APA) 4.1.3 Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) 5. How to Do Footnote Citations 3.1 In-Text Citations 3.2 Footnotes 4. Endnotes 2.1 Should I Use Footnotes or Endnotes? 3. We've outlined how to use footnotes below. Take a look at the example below to see where footnotes appear on a page: These citations and explanations are called "footnotes" (because they appear in the footer of the page). Sometimes this information will come in the form of citations, but sometimes it will simply present additional notes about the topic at hand. These numbers usually appear as superscripts and correspond with numbers placed at the bottom of the page, next to which appears further information that is both necessary and supplementary. Which one you should use in your writing depends on your personal preference or-if you’re writing for school or work-your organization’s publication standards.While reading a book or article, have you ever noticed little numbers placed at the ends of some sentences? Endnotes, on the other hand, are added to the end of a section or document.
The only difference between footnotes and endnotes is where they appear in your document.Īs the name suggests, footnotes are attached to the bottom of the page containing the sentence they correspond to.
You can use footnotes and endnotes to add side comments to your work or to cite other publications like books, articles, or websites. Think of them like verbal asides, only in writing. What Are Footnotes and Endnotes?įootnotes and endnotes are both ways of adding extra bits of information to your writing outside of the main text. But don’t worry-the features and functions are the same. Depending on the version of Word you’re using, the menus we walk through in this guide may look a little different. Note: We’re using Microsoft Word 2016, but Word has supported footnotes and endnotes since at least Word 2007. Luckily, Word has useful tools for adding footnotes and endnotes to your writing. Maybe you want to make a side comment on one of your arguments, or you need to cite another author’s work without distracting from the main text.
Whether you use Microsoft Word for personal or professional writing, sometimes you may want to add supplemental notes to sections of your work.
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