Footnotes are the default note style in Microsoft Word, but check to see what your assignment requires.To insert an endnote or footnote click on the 'references' tab then click 'insert footnote' or 'insert endnote,' which is in the top right corner of the footnotes box. Some manuals, however, require endnotes or footnotes.Some citation manuals require parenthetical citation, which occur in the running text at the end of the sentence you're citing.Most special letter characters for Romance or Indo-European languages will be in the 'Latin Extended Addition' subset. To find a specific character click the down arrow in the 'subset' list. The character categories default to the first alphabetical option.If the character you are looking for is not in this selection then click 'more symbols.'.To insert a symbol or special character click 'Symbol.' A menu will drop down with a selection of common or recently used special characters.When you're finished your cover page will not have any page numbers and your first page of text will start on page 1. Now click 'custom page numbers' and put 0 in the box that says 'start at' and click okay. Now go back to the Insert tab and click page number again, opening the menu options.If you have a title page but you want page number 1 to begin on your first page of text click the page number placement you prefer, then in the Header & Footer Tools check the box that says 'different first page' and then close the header and footer.To add page numbers click 'Page Number' and select either 'top of page' or 'bottom of page.' These are the most commonly preferred options.On the Insert tab you can find many helpful tools that add images and aides to your paper.

Inserting a footnote in word