How to Insert a Footnote in Microsoft Word 2007

Footnotes can be added to your documents in Microsoft Word 2007.

College papers, technical manuals and historical papers often include footnotes, which can be used to denote the source of a statement or provide further explanation without crowding the original text. You can add footnotes to documents produced in Microsoft Word 2007. The footnotes appear just as they do in printed text: a superscript number with the referenced footnote at the page's bottom.

Instructions

1. Select the part of your document that requires the footnote. Do this by holding down the left-click button and dragging it across the word or phrase.

2. Click the "References" tab in the upper bar (referred to as the Ribbon) of your Word document. Locate the "Footnotes" tab, which is defaulted to the second tab from the left.

3. Click the "Insert Footnote" button. This takes you to the bottom of a document's page with a blinking cursor and the footnote number. Type your footnote here.

4. Right-click and select "Go to Footnote", which will bring you to your original footnote location. If you let your cursor hover over the superscript number, you will see the note hover in a small text box.

Tips & Warnings

• By clicking "Next footnote" in the references tab, you can review all your footnotes.

• Click on the bottom-right arrow button in the footnotes tab to adjust footnote options, such as the number formatting and what number you will begin with.

• Erase the footnote by erasing the anchoring text.

References

• Tech Recipes: Word 2007: How To Insert Footnotes