Footnote Settings
Specifies the formatting for footnotes.
To access this command...
Choose Tools - Footnotes and Endnotes - Footnotes tab
To set additional option for footnotes, choose Format - Page Style, and then click the Footnote tab.
AutoNumbering
Numbering
Select the numbering scheme that you want to use.
| Selection | Description |
|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3 | Arabic numerals |
| A, B, C | Upper-case |
| a, b, c | Lower-case |
| I, II, III | Roman numerals (upper-case) |
| i, ii, iii | Roman numerals (lower-case) |
| A,... AA,... AAA,... | Alphabetical numbering with upper-case letters. After the first 26 entries, the numbering restarts at "AA". |
| a,... aa,... aaa,... | Alphabetical numbering with lower-case letters. After the first 26 entries, the numbering restarts at "aa". |
Counting
Select the numbering option for the footnotes.
| Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Per page | Restarts the numbering of footnotes at the top of each page. This option is only available if the End of page check box is marked in the Position area. |
| Per chapter | Restarts the numbering of footnotes at the beginning of each chapter. |
| Per document | Numbers the footnotes in the document sequentially. |
Before
Enter the text that you want to display in front of the footnote number in the note text. For example, type "To " to display "To 1".
After
Enter the text that you want to display after the footnote number in the note text. For example, type ")" to display "1)".
Footnote numbers are left aligned by default in the footnote area. For right aligned footnote numbers first edit the paragraph style Footnote. Press F11 to open Styles dialog and select Footnote from the list of paragraph styles. Open the local menu with right click and choose Modify. Go to the Indents & Spacing tab page and set indent to 0 before and after the paragraph, including the first line. On Tabs tab page create a tab of right type at 12pt and a tab of left type at 14pt. Then in Footnotes/Endnotes Settings dialog enter \t into the Before and After edit boxes.
Start at
Enter the number for the first footnote in the document. This option is only available if you selected "Per Document" in the Counting box.
Position
End of page
Displays footnotes at the bottom of the page.
End of document
Displays footnotes at the end of the document as endnotes.
Styles
To ensure a uniform appearance for the footnotes in your document, assign a paragraph style to the footnote text, and assign character styles to the footnote anchor number and the number in the footnote area.
Paragraph
Select the paragraph style for the footnote text. Only special styles can be selected.
Page
Select the page style that you want to use for footnotes.
This option is only available if the End of Document check box is marked in the Position area.
Text area
Select the character style that you want to use for footnote anchors in the text area of your document.
Footnote area
Select the character style that you want to use for the footnote numbers in the footnote area.
Continuation notice
End of Footnote
Enter the text that you want to display when the footnotes are continued on the next page, for example, "Continued on Page ". Office Writer automatically inserts the number of the following page.
Beginning of next page
Enter the text that you want to display on the page where the footnotes are continued, for example, "Continued from Page ". Office Writer automatically inserts the number of the previous page.