How do I make footnotes appear at the bottom of the page in Word?

Add a footnote

1. Click where you want to add the footnote.
2. Click Insert > Insert Footnote. Word inserts a reference mark in the text and adds the footnote mark at the bottom of the page.
3. Type the footnote text.

How do I find missing footnotes in Word?

5 Answers

1. Go into Draft view.
2. Select References.
3. Find the “Show footnotes” icon (unhelpfully it’s not labelled!)
4. Scroll through the bottom pane until you find reach the “missing” reference numbers (e.g. I was missing “61”, so I went to 60 and then read on from there) u.

Why does my footnote disappear?

Probably the most common reason for this is that the page margins are set to narrow to accommodate the footnotes. The other item to check is the document’s footnote settings. You have to make sure that the format you’re using is set to show the footnotes.

Why have my footnotes disappear?

Are some of your footnotes formatted as Hidden text? If they are and you have Word configured to not print Hidden text, the footnotes will not be visible in Print Preview. You’ll also want to check to make sure that Track Changes isn’t turned on.

How do I fix footnote spacing in Word?

Once you’re in Draft view, go to the References tab then click Show Notes. Change the Footnotes setting from All Footnotes to Footnote Separator. Place your cursor at the end of separator line, then press Delete to remove the empty paragraph below. Click the X at the far right of the Footnotes mini window to close it.

How do you start footnotes from 1 again?

Here’s how:

1. Display the References tab of the ribbon.
2. Click the small icon at the lower-right corner of the Footnotes group.
3. Change the Start At value to 1.
4. Change the Numbering drop-down list to Restart Each Page.

Why is footnote number skipping?

Word doesn’t renumber the footnotes because the footnote is still there—albeit marked for deletion. When the changes are accepted or rejected, then Word will renumber the footnotes accordingly.

How do I keep footnotes on the same page?

To keep the footnote together in Word:

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+S to Apply Styles.
2. Footnote Text.
3. Click Modify.
4. Click Format.
5. Select Paragraph.
6. Under Line and Page Breaks tab.
7. Check box by Keep lines together.
8. Click OK.

How do you handle footnotes in a Word document?

Word defers any footnotes in the row to the page where the row ends. If the row ends so close to the bottom of the page that there is not room for all the footnotes, instead of being carried to the next page, the footnotes are just ignored.

Why are my footnotes not showing up on the page?

Probably the most common reason for this is that the page margins are set to narrow to accommodate the footnotes. The other item to check is the document’s footnote settings. You have to make sure that the format you’re using is set to show the footnotes.

What happened to the footnotes in Jackie’s thesis?

Jackie is having a problem with the footnotes in a document. It seems that some of the footnotes in the first chapter of her Ph.D. thesis have disappeared. She can view them in Normal view, but she needs to also view them in Page Layout view so she can ultimately print them out.

Should I convert footnotes to endnotes or endnotes?

If the footnotes are that long, it might be more satisfactory to convert them to endnotes. At the very least you could try converting the footnotes to endnotes and seeing if they all show up in the endnotes. This may at least give you a starting point for figuring out what is going on.