Inserting and Editing Footnotes or Endnotes
Footnotes reference more information about a topic at the bottom of a page and endnotes reference information at the end of the document. LibreOffice automatically numbers the footnotes and endnotes.
To insert a footnote or endnote:
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Click in your document where you want to place the anchor of the note.
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In the \<emph\>Numbering \</emph\>area, select the format that you want to use. If you select \<emph\>Character\</emph\>, click the browse button (\<emph\>...\</emph\>) and select the character that you want to use for the footnote.
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In the \<emph\>Type \</emph\>area, select \<emph\>Footnote \</emph\>or \<emph\>Endnote\</emph\>.
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Click \<emph\>OK\</emph\>.
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Type the note.
You can also insert footnotes by clicking the \<emph\>Insert Footnote Directly\</emph\> icon on the \<emph\>Insert\</emph\> toolbar.
Editing Footnotes or Endnotes
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The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you rest it over a footnote or endnote anchor in your document.
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To edit the text of a footnote or endnote, click in the note, or click the anchor for the note in the text.
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To change the format of a footnote, click in the footnote, press Command+TF11 to open the Styles window, right-click "Footnote" in the list, and then choose Modify.
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To jump from the footnote or endnote text to the note anchor in the text, press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>PageUp\</item\>.
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To edit the numbering properties of a footnote or endnote anchor, click in front of the anchor, and choose Edit - Footnote/Endnote.
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To change the formatting that LibreOffice applies to footnotes and endnotes, choose Tools - Footnotes and Endnotes.
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To edit the properties of the text area for footnotes or endnotes, choose Format - Page, and then click the Footnote tab.
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To remove a footnote, delete the footnote anchor in the text.