Creating a Footnote

Nota Bene gives the user control over virtually every aspect of creating, editing and formatting footnotes and endnotes. To create a basic footnote, follow the instructions below. For a more detailed description of the controls that are available, see Footnote Window. If you are entering a citation with no additional text in footnote, you can enter it using Ibidem with no need to create the footnote. See Ibidem.

To create a footnote (or an endnote):

1	Move the cursor to the point where you want the superscripted reference to appear.

2	Click Insert, Note (Series I) or press Ctrl+F10.

3	If this is the first note that you have created in the open document, the Note Format dialog will appear and you will need to set the note format for the document before entering the first note. See Note Format Dialog.

4	The footnote window will appear at the bottom of your screen. Type the text for your footnote in this window. See Footnote Window. If you wish to add a citation to the footnote, press F7 to open Ibidem. See Inserting Citations.

5	Press F3 to return to the main body of the document, or click anywhere in the document to move to move your cursor to that point.

Once the footnote has been created, it will appear in Page Layout View at the bottom of the page and a footnote marker (usually a superscripted reference number) will appear in the text at the insertion point. Click on the footnote to edit it.

The footnote will appear in Show Codes View as an FN command at the point of insertion. You can also create a footnote by using the FN command on the action line. See Creating a Footnote: FN command.

To insert a second footnote repeat the above directions. Nota Bene will automatically number the footnotes and adjust the numbering if new footnotes are inserted or if text which includes a superscripted reference is moved or deleted.

To insert an entirely new series of footnotes, follow the above instructions using Note (Series II) or Note (Series III) instead of Note (Series I).

Click on either the footnote separator or the wrap separator to edit them in place.