Footnotes
- Applies to:
- All versions
- Role required:
- Draft Contributor
Add a footnote to your page to show ancillary information at the bottom of a page.
Footnotes1 can be essential when trying to relay additional information to a user. Most readers will review the footnotes after they read the text from where the footnotes are anchored 2 to more fully understand the content.
Step 1: Create a footnote
- Identify the text that you want to add additional information or a citation to.
- Add the footnote number at the end of your text.
- Highlight the footnote number.
- Click Format > Superscript in the editor toolbar.
Step 2: Create the footnote section
To separate the footnote section from the rest of the content:
- Navigate to the bottom of the page or content section.
- Click Format > Page break to add a horizontal line.
- Add your footnote's reference underneath the page break line.
Make sure to reference the original number of the footnote.
Step 3: Link the footnote and its reference
- Highlight the footnote number at the end of your text.
- Click the Link button or use Ctrl+K to open the link modal.
- Delete all text in the Link to: field.
- Click Save Link to create a blank link.
- In the editor toolbar, click View > Source.
- In the source code, find the
<a>tag for the link. - Modify the
hrefproperty based on your own naming conventions.
In the example below,fn1stands forfootnote 1. - Add an
idto the<a>tag. - The final link should look something like this in Source mode:
<a href="#fn1" id="rf1" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>
1. A footnote is a note placed at the bottom of a page that it is on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text.
2. Often, the most interesting information is found in the footnotes.
