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    <title id="tit">Inserting and Editing Footnotes or Endnotes</title>
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<h1 id="hd_id3145819"><variable id="footnote_usage"><link href="text/swriter/guide/footnote_usage.xhp">Inserting and Editing Footnotes or Endnotes</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3154258" role="paragraph">Footnotes reference more information about a topic at the bottom of a page and endnotes reference information at the end of the document. $[officename] automatically numbers the footnotes and endnotes.</paragraph>

<h2 id="hd_id3155881">To Insert a Footnote or Endnote</h2>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155903" role="listitem">Click in your document where you want to place the anchor of the note.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147120" role="listitem">Choose <link href="text/swriter/01/04030000.xhp"><emph>Insert - Footnote and Endnote - Insert Special Footnote/Endnote</emph></link>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150937" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Numbering</item> area, select the format that you want to use. If you select <item type="menuitem">Character</item>, click the <item type="menuitem">Choose</item> button and select the character that you want to use for the footnote.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150508" role="listitem">In the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> area, select <item type="menuitem">Footnote</item> or <item type="menuitem">Endnote</item>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150704" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150729" role="listitem">Type the note.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
</list>

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      <paragraph id="par_id3148843" role="paragraph"> <image id="img_id3148857" src="cmd/sc_insertfootnote.png" width="1cm" height="1cm"><alt id="alt_id3148857">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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    <tablecell>
      <paragraph id="par_id3153176" role="paragraph">You can also insert footnotes by clicking the <emph>Insert Footnote Directly</emph> icon on the <emph>Insert</emph> toolbar.</paragraph>
    </tablecell>
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<image src="cmd/sc_insertendnote.png" id="img_id341607163776333" width="1cm" height="1cm"><alt id="alt_id511607163776333">Insert Endnote Icon</alt></image>
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       </tablecell>
       <tablecell>
           <paragraph id="par_id121607163776335" role="paragraph">You can insert endnotes directly by clicking the <menuitem>Insert Endnote</menuitem> icon on the <emph>Standard</emph> or <emph>Insert</emph> toolbar or choose <menuitem>Insert - Footnote and Endnote - Endnote</menuitem>.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3155543">To Edit a Footnote or Endnote</h2>

<list type="unordered">
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150167" role="listitem">The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you rest it over a footnote or endnote anchor in your document.</paragraph>
  </listitem></list>

<list type="unordered">
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155563" role="listitem">To edit the text of a footnote or endnote, click in the note, or click the anchor for the note in the text, or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode>+Shift+PageDown</keycode>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3145029" role="listitem">To change the format of a footnote, click in the footnote, press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command+T
</caseinline><defaultinline>F11</defaultinline></switchinline> to open the Styles deck, right-click "Footnote" in the list, and then choose <emph>Modify</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3145062" role="listitem">To jump from the footnote or endnote text to the note anchor in the text, press PageUp.</paragraph>
  </listitem></list>

<list type="unordered">
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3145081" role="listitem">To edit the numbering properties of a footnote or endnote anchor, click in front of the anchor, and choose <link href="text/swriter/01/02150000.xhp"><emph>Edit - Reference - Footnote or Endnote</emph></link>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147776" role="listitem">To change the formatting that $[officename] applies to footnotes and endnotes, choose <link href="text/swriter/01/06080000.xhp"><emph>Tools - Footnote/Endnote Settings</emph></link>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147813" role="listitem">To edit the properties of the text area for footnotes or endnotes, choose <emph>Format - Page Style</emph>, and then click the <link href="text/swriter/01/05040600.xhp"><emph>Footnote</emph></link> tab.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147232" role="listitem">To remove a footnote, delete the footnote anchor in the text.</paragraph>
  </listitem></list>
<tip id="par_id781607164467521">Shortcut keys can be made to insert, edit, and navigate to footnotes and endnotes. Choose <menuitem>Tools - Customize - Keyboard</menuitem> tab and enter <input>note</input> in the Functions box to see possibilities.</tip>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id251603931682056"><link href="text/shared/01/06140200.xhp">Making a Shortcut Key</link></paragraph>
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