# Footnotes

&kword; has a complete set of tools to create and manage footnotes. When you assign a footnote, &kword; automatically places the footnote at the bottom of the correct page. If the footnote reference point is moved to a new page, the footnote automatically follows.

You have the option of having &kword; control the numbering of your footnotes. Alternatively, you can manually specify each footnote.

There are multiple automatic numbering schemes and your footnotes can be separated from the text with a dividing line.

## Add a new footnote

To add a new footnote, place your cursor at the end of the text you want to footnote. Then select Insert Footnote... from the menubar. This will bring up a dialog box.

If you want &kword; to automatically number your footnotes for you, make sure that Automatic is selected. If you want to manually enter all footnotes in, then select Manual and enter the footnote entry in the text box to the right.

If at all possible, try to allow &kword; to automatically number the footnotes for you. If &kword; controls the numbering, and you insert, delete or move footnotes, &kword; will automatically renumber or reorder the footnotes for you.

Click Configure to change the look of your footnotes.

Click Cancel to return to your document without inserting a footnote.

Click Insert to insert the footnote, and enter your reference information. &kword; will create the footnote entry, and place the cursor at the beginning of the entry for you to enter the desired reference information.

When you have finished entering your footnote reference information, simply move back up the page, and you can return to editing your document.

## Change reference of footnote

There are two ways to change reference information for a footnote:

- Place the mouse pointer over the footnote you want to change, and click once with the &RMB;. A submenu will appear. Select Edit Footnote. &kword; will immediately move your cursor to the appropriate footnote reference.

- Simply move to the bottom of the page. Locate the footnote reference, and click once with the &LMB;.

## Delete a footnote

To delete a footnote, simply delete the footnote number. &kword; will remove the reference information and resize the footnote frame.

## Change the look of footnotes

To configure the appearance of footnotes, select Format Footnote... from the menubar. A dialog will appear.

### Change the appearance of footnote entries

There are 5 predefined numbering methods for footnotes. Those methods are listed in the left side of the dialog box. Begin by selecting the numbering method you want by clicking once with the &LMB;.

In the text box labeled Prefix text:, you can enter any characters you want to appear before the footnote number.

In the text box labeled Suffix text:, you can enter any characters you want to appear before the footnote number.

You can adjust the starting position of the footnote counter using the spinbox labeled Start at:.

### Change the appearance of separator line

To change the appearance of the separator line, click on the tab labled Separator line.

You can determine the alignment of the separator line by selecting Left, Centered or Right

Determine the line lengths using the spin box labeled Separator Line Length.

Determine the line width using the spin box labeled Separator Line Width.

Use the drop down box labeled Separator Line Type to determine what kind of line is drawn.

Click OK to change the look of all footnotes or click Cancel to keep the previous options.

## Change the placement of the footnotes

You can determine how much space separates the main text frame and the footnotes. Select Format Page... from the menubar. This will bring up a dialog:

Click on the tab labeled Headers and Footers.

At the bottom of the dialog is a text box is labeled Spacing between footnote and body. As the label suggests, you can use this text box to specify the distance between the bottom edge of the main frame, and the top edge of the footnotes. When you have entered the desired spacing, click OK, and the footnotes will change position on the page.