Word doesn’t really care whether a note is an endnote or a footnote. The choice is yours. It is very easy to convert between the two, but the method is not very intuitive.
To learn how, follow the steps below:
- If you are working in Draft view, display the References tab of your Ribbon and click Show Notes. Otherwise, move onto step 3 below.
- If you have both footnotes and endnotes defined in your document, Word displays the View Footnotes dialog box (Word 2007) or the Show Notes dialog box. Click on the type of note you would like to convert and then click on OK.
- Right-click on the footnote or endnote you want to convert to display a Context menu.
- Select the appropriate choice on the Context menu, which should either be Convert to Endnote or Convert to Footnote (depending on what you right-clicked on).
- If you are working in Draft view, click Close when you are finished converting.
As you convert each endnote or footnote, it is moved to the other window and the reference marks for the note are updated to what is currently being used for the series (footnote or endnote) to which you are converting.
See? Really easy!