Inserting footnotes in Word 2007 is a little different from inserting footnotes in earlier versions of word processors—but just different enough to make it a frustrating experience.
First it’s important to understand a few things about the way Word 2007 works. All your formatting options are sorted by “tabs” in Word 2007. Any time you want to make an adjustment to the way your paper looks, you first have to decide which tab that command will fall under.
Footnotes fall under the “References” tab.
The next thing you need to know about Word 2007 is that all the commands or tasks that fall under the tabs are divided in “boxes” at the top of the page. Sometimes these boxes will have tiny arrows on the bottom-right corner. This means there are more options than the ones currently showing. Click the little arrow to make a new box pop up.
You will see that your footnote/endnote box has lots of options. You can insert and edit footnotes and endnotes easily with this new menu box.
You can also change the note marks from numbers to letters—or go back again.
