Inserting Footnotes Using Custom Footnote Marks

Footnotes are used to provide printed annotations or references for a document. Word makes it very easy to insert automatic footnotes in your documents. What if you want to insert a custom footnote, however? Fortunately it is just as easy:

1. Position the insertion point where you want the custom footnote mark located.
2. Choose Footnote from the Insert menu. You will see the Footnote and Endnote dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. Choose the Custom Mark radio button.
4. In the box to the right of Custom Mark, enter the character (or characters) you want used for the custom footnote mark. If you want a special symbol in the footnote mark, click on Symbol and select the one you want.
5. Click on OK. Your custom footnote mark appears in your document. If you are in Normal view, the Footnotes window is displayed at the bottom of the document window. If you are in Page Layout view, the insertion point moves to the bottom of the page where the footnote will appear.
6. Enter your footnote, formatting it as you would any other text in your document.
7. If the Footnotes window is visible, click on Close at the top of the Footnotes window.