Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Inserting and Deleting Footnotes.
Footnotes are used to provide printed annotations or references for a document. If you want to insert a footnote in your document, follow these steps:
If you previously inserted footnotes into your document and you want to later delete one of them, follow these steps:
The footnote is deleted and, if you are using auto-numbered footnotes, the remaining footnotes in your document are renumbered.
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2015-04-04 23:10:11
Bradley Cobb
ctrl-alt-f is the automatic shortcut built into Office, and it is a lot quicker than using the ribbon.
2015-04-04 04:30:39
Valerie
I use footnotes on a very regular basis. I have set up a shortcut (using the shortcut menu) and find that this is an easier way to add the footnotes. I have also set up a hanging indent which corresponds to the position of the text in the footnote. I have placed this on the ribbon. In that way I can use the shortcut to insert the footnote, then highlight the second and further lines of the footnote, hit the hanging indent on the ribbon, and everything is in perfect position, using just a few keystrokes.
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