How to make footnotes in Word 2007 and delete them?

Many who rarely work with office systems, such as Microsoft Office, are not even aware of some interesting, and sometimes necessary, functions of these programs. For example, when developing term projects or working on a book in Microsoft Word (or simply Word), the author may need to create a footnote. This is a pretty popular feature, especially among students. But how do you make footnotes in Word 2007? This will have to be dealt with in order.

Why do I need notes

First you need to understand what a footnote is and why it is used when writing text.

As you know, this is a kind of note by the author, placed at the bottom of the page with the text or at the end of the document, intended to explain or translate specific words, phrases, sentences. In other words, the footnote in Word 2007 is necessary so that the future reader can fully understand the author’s thought, the meaning of his work or project (if we are talking about term papers or thesis).

Types of Footnotes in Word

In total, the program has two types:

• A footnote is a note on a word, phrase or sentence in the text on the page on which it is located. As a rule, they are necessary when creating literary works or when writing school essays.
• End note. You can make such a footnote in Word 2007 only at the end of the entire work (document) or section. This type of footnotes is most often used when creating corporate or legal documents, as well as during the preparation of term papers.

Insert footnote and endnote: action algorithm

So, the text of the work (document) is ready. Now the question arises before the author, how to make footnotes in Word 2007? If you need a regular one, i.e. the one that appears at the end of each page of typed text, then the easiest way to do it is by following these steps:

1. Place the mouse cursor after a word, phrase or sentence, which must be explained to the future reader.
2. Go to the "Links" tab.
3. Select "Insert footnote" (icon AB ¹ ).
4. The footnote is almost ready.

In addition to the above actions, you will also need to type a text explaining the meaning of a word, phrase or sentence. To do this, you must:

1. Go down to the page where the line appeared with the serial number (symbol) of the footnote.
2. Type the desired text next to the serial number (symbol).

You can create an endnote just like a regular one. This will require:

1. Make sure that the mouse cursor is near the desired word.
2. Go to the "Links" tab.
3. Select the "Add Endnote" item with an icon for three sheets and the letter i.
4. Go to the footnote at the end of the document.
5. Write the necessary explanation next to the serial number (symbol).

Features for inserting and customizing footnotes

People who are looking for an answer to the question of how to make footnotes in Word 2007 are most often interested not only in the usual insertion of notes, but also in the ability to do this easily and quickly. In this program, this can be done using the "hot keys".

To insert a regular footnote, you will need:

1. Place the mouse cursor after the required word.
2. Press Alt + Ctrl + F.

The endnote is inserted in exactly the same way, only the key combination will change. This will be Alt + Ctrl + D.

If a document has a large number of notes of one or two types that need to be quickly double-checked, rewritten or supplemented with something, you can use the interesting function of the Word program - the transition between footnotes. To do this, you will need:

1. Click on the "Links" tab.
2. Select "Next footnote" (or "Next end footnote") with the icon AB ¹ and an arrow.

Thus, you can go from one link to another. They can be edited and supplemented with other information.

In the same way, you can return to previously made notes by selecting “Previous footnote” (or “Previous end footnote”).

If automatic insertion requires correction, you can go to the following path - "Links - footnotes". After that, a small window will appear on the screen - the setup menu. Here you can choose their location (at the bottom of the page or text - for normal footnotes, as well as at the end of the document and section - for end ones) and format. The format can be changed as you wish. Instead of a serial number, you can select letters or characters. The numbering of footnotes can begin with either 1 or any other number.

Removing footnotes

Each user will figure out how to make footnotes in Word 2007 by the end of this article. But what if there are unnecessary notes in the document that need to be removed?

To delete footnotes in Word 2007, you must:

1. Go to the note that you want to delete (you can do this manually or by using the transition between the footnotes mentioned earlier).
2. Select the serial number (symbol) or simply place the cursor after the number (symbol).
3. Press the right mouse button and select one of the items: "Delete" or "Cut".

In addition, you can delete the footnote using the Del or Backspace keys. And also with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + X.