The need for footnotes does not appear very often, and many users, in general, have hardly come across them, however, what do you do when you need to make an interpretation or explanation to the text? We will try to answer this question in the article.
Notes are a good way to make text more readable, understandable, and informative. Explanations and all sorts of additional information are very positively perceived by the readers.
Now let’s get down to business. First, you need to decide on the area of text to which you want to make an explanation. Next, go to the Microsoft Word ribbon on the “Links” tab, and in it select “Insert footnote”. All that remains is to write your own explanation in the relevant field. Each link you add will have a number corresponding to its order. It is very convenient that you can read the commentary by simply hovering the mouse cursor over the number next to the text. If you are using Word 2003, then the numbering or position on the page, as well as other parameters, you will have to set yourself. In later versions of the program, all this is done automatically.
There is also such a thing as endnotes. They differ from ordinary ones only in that the comment is not on the same page at the bottom, but on the last sheet of the document. To do this, in the same block, select the “Add an endnote” item.
Removal is very simple. This does not require any special settings or blocks in the menu. It is enough to press the “¬” or “Del” key to remove the digit, and the note will be deleted automatically.
As you can see, working with notes in the Microsoft Word editor is an extremely simple task that even a novice user can do. Write in the comments your opinion about this article and ask any questions you are interested in on the topic.