Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 2, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
In Word, footnotes can be automatically numbered from 1 through the number of footnotes in the document. Thus, if your document contains 14 footnotes, they will be numbered 1 through 14. You can change the way footnotes are numbered, however. Word allows you to specify both a starting footnote number and whether the numbering starts over with each new section in your document.
Word allows you to change how it handles footnote numbering by following these steps:
Figure 1. The Footnote and Endnote dialog box.
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2023-10-01 08:09:38
Adam
Do you know how to do it in Word Online? It seems there is no any little arrowin Footnote group.
2023-02-26 14:21:55
Attila
"Click the small downward-pointing arrow at the lower-right corner of the Footnotes group."
I can't see any "Footnote group" in Word, Office 365 for Mac when the "References" tab is selected.
Hence, i can't find "the small downward-pointing arrow at the lower-right corner of the Footnotes group".
Any suggestion to solve this problem, please?
2023-02-14 17:08:30
Michael Cooper
This info is apparently not applicable to Mac. This should've been specified at the head of the article so as not to waste Mac users' time.
2022-04-10 18:58:58
Ahmed Atia
many thanks for the information
was really helpful
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