Videos/Footnotes and Endnotes in Writer

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 refers to LibreOffice 5.2.

Link to the Video
Link to the Video (in German [DE]):

Fußnoten und Endnoten in Writer - LibreOffice 5.2

Insert footnote directly
Insert footnotes directly into a document using a menu command.

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 [[Media:2016 HB LO Menue Einfuegen FE Fußnote.png|]].

You write the footnote.

You have now inserted a footnote directly.

Insert footnote using the "Insert footnote/end note" 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 in the menu:.

The dialogue box opens [[Media:2016 HB LO Dialogbox Fuß-Endnote einfuegen.png|"Insert Foot-/Endnote"]].

The following options are available here:


 * "Numbering", here you define the type of numbering (automatic/manual).
 * "Automatic", automatically assigns consecutive numbers to the inserted footnotes.
 * "(Manual)", with "Character" (manual), you can enter a "character" for the current footnote in the text field next to it.
 * "Type", here you select "Footnote" and.

You write the footnote.

You have now entered another footnote.

The mouse pointer changes its appearance as soon as it is placed over the [[Media:2016 HB LO Fußnotenanker und Mauszeiger.png|footnote anchor]] or the [[Media:2016 HB LO Fußnote Text und Mauszeiger.png|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 to open the "Styles" sidebar, then click in the footnote anchor.

Right-click on the paragraph style [[Media:2016 HB LO Seitenleiste Formatvorlagen Absatzvorlage Fußnote Endnote.png|"Footnote"]] and choose [[Media:2016 HB LO Auswahl Neu Aendern Verbergen.png|]].

Now you can make changes to the format.

Change numbering option
To edit a footnote anchor numbering option, click in front of the anchor and select the menu: [[Media:2016 HB LO Menue Extras Fuß-Endnoten.png|]], in Tab: [[Media:2016 HB LO Dialogbox Fuß-Endnoteneinstellungen Fußnoten.png|"Footnotes" dialog]].

Here you can set or edit various options, such as "Numbering".

Summary of commands and associated dialogs
A summary of the commands and associated dialogs is shown here:

Menu Command: [[Media:2016 HB LO Menue Einfuegen FE Fuß-Endnote.png|]] opens the dialog: [[Media:2016 HB LO Dialogbox Fuß-Endnote einfuegen.png|"Insert footer/endnote"]]

Menu command: [[Media:2016 HB LO Menue Extras Fuß-Endnoten.png|]], on the tab: "Footnotes" opens the dialog: [[Media:2016 HB LO Dialogbox Fuß-Endnoteneinstellungen Fußnoten.png|"Footnote/Endnote Settings"]]

Menu command: [[Media:2016 HB LO Menue Format Seite.png|]], on the tab: "Footnote" opens the dialog: [[Media:2016 HB LO Dialogbox Seitenvorlage Standard Fußnote.png|"Page Template: Default"]]

Menu command: [[Media:2016 HB LO Menue Einfuegen Bereich.png|]], on the tab: "Footnotes/Endnotes" opens the dialog: [[Media:2016 HB LO Dialogbox Bereich einfügen.png|"Insert Area"]]

Summary of the existing format templates
Here is a summary of the existing styles:

Paragraph styles: [[Media:2016 HB LO Seitenleiste Formatvorlagen Absatzvorlage Fußnote Endnote.png|"Footnote" and "Endnote"]]

Character styles: [[Media:2016 HB LO Seitenleiste Formatvorlagen Zeichenvorlage FE-Anker FE-notenzeichen.png|"Footnote Anchor, Footnote Sign" and "Endnote Anchor, Endnote Sign"]]

Page styles: [[Media:2016 HB LO Seitenleiste Formatvorlagen Seitenvorlage Fußnote Endnote.png|"Footnote" and "Endnote"]]

The styles can be changed as described above under "Change Format".

End notes
Endnotes are used in the same way as footnotes.

The following differences result:


 * Endnotes are listed on the last page of the document.
 * Endnotes have their own numbering.

Documentation / Manuals
Here you will find the Documentation / Manuals:

Documentation / Manuals

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