Adding a footnote to a Microsoft Word document isn't difficult at all. In this quick guide, we'll show you how to insert footnotes in Word in just a few clicks.

This article explains how to insert a footnote into a Word document, which is useful when citing references, giving explanations, and making comments on your paper.

You can insert a footnote or endnote in Word from the References tab of the ribbon. Both serve as supplemental information to your document.

Microsoft Word's footnote feature is easy to use, but you might run into a snag if you want the footnotes to immediately follow a referenced table.

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