How to make a footnote in Word for Windows, macOS, or the web

How to make a footnote in Word for Windows

Place your cursor after the word you want to add a footnote to.

How to make a footnote in the "Word": put the cursor after the word

If you want the comment to appear at the end of the current page, choose Links → Insert Footnote from the top menu and enter the comment text.

Select in the top menu Word "References" → "Insert Footnote"

If you want to insert a comment at the end of the document, click References → Insert Endnote and enter the text of the note.

Change the numbering format (Roman, Arabic, or other) and the position of the footnotes as needed. To do this, click on the small arrow next to the "Footnotes" inscription on the toolbar. In the menu that opens, select the type of footnotes and configure their parameters.

How to put a footnote in the "Word": select the type of footnotes

To delete a footnote, place the cursor immediately after its number in the page text and press Backspace twice.

How to make a footnote in Word Online

Place your cursor after the word you want to add a footnote to.

If you want the comment to appear at the end of the current page, choose Links → Insert Footnote from the top menu and enter the comment text.

How to put a footnote in Word: select in the top menu "Links" → "Insert footnote"

If you want to insert a comment at the end of the document, click References → Insert Endnote and enter the text of the note.

Click "Links" → "Insert an endnote" in the "Word"

If necessary, click Format Footnotes and adjust the font and indents.

Click View → Reading View to see how the footnote appears in your document.

How to make a footnote in the "Word": click "View" → "Reading Mode"

To delete a footnote, simply place the cursor immediately after its number in the page text and use the delete key.

How to make a footnote in Word for macOS

Place your cursor after the word you want to add a footnote to.

Place the cursor after the word to which you want to add a footnote in the "Word"

If you want the comment to appear at the end of the current page, choose Links → Insert Footnote from the top menu and enter the comment text.

Select in the top menu "Links" → "Insert footnote"

If you want to insert a comment at the end of the document, click "References" → "Insert an endnote" and enter the text of the note.

How to make a footnote in Word: click "References" → "Insert an endnote"

Change the numbering format (Roman, Arabic, or other) and the position of the footnotes as needed. To do this, click on the toolbar "Insert" → "Footnote". In the menu that opens, select the type of footnotes and configure their parameters.