How To Convert Footnotes To Endnotes In Word

Here'due south the scenario: You've just completed a twenty-page report with seventy-five footnotes when you realize that several of those footnotes should be endnotes. Rather than deleting those footnotes and manually creating new endnotes, follow the steps below to convert individual footnotes to endnotes in Microsoft Word. These steps can as well be used to convert individual endnotes to footnotes.

The steps for converting all footnotes to endnotes and vice versa also appear at the bottom of this tutorial.

This data only applies to notes created with Word'due south footnote and endnote tool. For piece of cake-to-follow instructions on using that tool, visit "How to Insert Footnotes and Endnotes in Microsoft Give-and-take."

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Please notation that these steps are for Discussion for Microsoft 365 (formerly Part 365), Give-and-take 2019, and Word 2016. The steps are similar for Word 2013 and Discussion 2010.

Catechumen Individual Footnotes to Endnotes (or Convert Individual Endnotes to Footnotes)

one. Ensure that your certificate is in Print Layout view.

Shortcut Warning: Step ii through Step 6 explain how to move to individual notes. If your certificate is short, you can scroll directly to the annotation you want to convert and skip to Step 5.

two. Select the References tab in the Ribbon.

three. Select Bear witness Notes in the Footnotes group.

4. Select View footnote area or View Endnote surface area from the Testify Notes dialog box. (You won't run into this dialog box if your document has only footnotes or just endnotes.)

5. Select the OK button.

6. Select Side by side Footnote repeatedly until yous make it at the note you want to catechumen. Or, select the Next Footnote down arrow and choose an option from the drop-down menu: Next Footnote, Previous Footnote, Next Endnote, or Previous Endnote.