Footnotes and Endnotes in Writer

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Foreword

The video "Writer Footnotes / Endnotes - An Overview" links to this page here, which contains further information. First, the footnotes are explained and the settings and selection options are described. Endnotes are used analogous to footnotes. This description is based on the LibreOffice Help.

Link to the Video

Link to the Video (in German [DE]): Fußnoten und Endnoten in Writer

Footnotes

Footnotes are used to annotate or reference further information on the subject at the end of a document.

Note:
Footnotes and Endnotes are numbered independently in automatic mode.

Insert footnote directly

You open Writer and the document in which the footnotes are to be inserted. You position the cursor in the text where the footnote is to be inserted. To insert the footnote directly, choose Menu Insert ▸ Footnote and Endnote ▸ Footnote. You write the footnote text. You have now inserted a footnote directly.

Insert footnote using the "Insert Footnote/Endnote" dialog

You can insert another footnote. You position the cursor in the text where the second footnote is to be inserted. Alternatively to entering a footnote directly, choose the Insert ▸ Footnote and Endnote ▸ Insert Special Footnote/Endnote menu. The "Insert Footnote/Endnote" dialog opens.

The following options are available here:
Numbering

"Automatic", automatically assigns consecutive numbers to the inserted footnotes.
"Character", with "Character" (manual), you can enter or choose a "Character" for the current footnote in the text field next to it.

Type

here you select "Footnote"

and click OK. You write the footnote. You have now entered another footnote. The mouse pointer changes its appearance as soon as it is placed over the Footnote anchor or the Footnote is standing.

By clicking on the footnote anchor or footnote, you can jump back and forth. To edit the text of a footnote, click inside the footnote.

Change format

To change the format of a footnote, press F11 to open the "Styles" sidebar, then click in the footnote anchor. This will highlight the Paragraph style and you will not have to search for it. Right-click on the Paragraph style "Footnote" and choose Edit Style. Now you can make changes to the format.

Change numbering option

To edit a numbering option of a footnote anchor, click in front of the anchor and choose the Extras ▸ Footnote/Endnote menu. In the "Settings of Footnotes and Endnotes" dialog, select the "Footnotes" tab and make the desired settings. Here you can set or edit for example various options, such as "Numbering".

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