Inserting footnotes/endnotes

Follow these steps to learn how to insert footnotes/endnotes in Word 2019:

1. Open the FootNotesEndNotes.docx document for this example.
2. Place the mouse cursor in the text where you would like to place a footnote.
3. Select Reference | Insert Footnote:

4. A footnote marker will appear in the document text and the footnote section will open up at the end of the page.
5. Type an explanation of the footnote into the space provided. We will type Our Induction Booklet is downloadable from our intranet site SafestSolutionsWeb for this example:

6. Navigate back to the footnote marker in the document, just after the text stating Induction. You will notice that when hovering the mouse pointer over the marker, it will display the text, as typed into the footnote explanation.
7. To navigate from the marker to the explanation, click on the Show Notes icon or double-click on the marker to move between the text and explanation.