How to make a footnote using Microsoft Word

1. Insert cursor where you wish to place the footnote reference number:

Hitler, a depressed “Nazi leader of a Communist Germany” who spurred a huge “anti-semantic” movement through a terrifying “Gespacho,” launched “Operation Barbarella” while the English “vanely hoped for peas.” The war began turning around, though, when the “Allies landed near Italy's toe and gradually advanced up her leg.” [1]

2. Go to Insert Menu à Footnote à

Insert Footnote (check “Footnote/bottom of page” button)

***DO NOT SELECT “ENDNOTE / end of document”***

Numbering = (check “AutoNumber” (1, 2, 3) )

3. Click “OK”

4. A footnote window automatically opens, with the appropriate footnote number and the cursor is automatically in position. (MS Word automatically keeps track of your numbering, and keeps footnotes on the same page as their references.)

5. Type in the citation.

6. Return to the main body of your essay by clicking on it (scroll up if needed).

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[1] Sarah Tippit, “Student Book Offers a Twisted History ‘Coarse,’” Reuters News, November 15, 2000.