This tells Word that we’re using Endnotes and talking about the Endnote numbering. In this case, we’re using Endnotes (although these instructions cover both), so I’ve clicked the radio button (circle) next to Endnotes.

But for our purposes, the important features are choosing whether you’re telling Word about Endnotes or Footnotes and telling Word what the number format should be. (these more obscure details will be the subject of another article). We can see lots of things we can do here, including changing the number footnotes start at, whether they restart every chapter, etc. Once you’ve clicked on the little arrow, you should see this menu:

This is in the References tab, and there’s a whole area called Footnotes:Ĭlick the little arrow at the bottom right of the Footnotes area to access the Footnote and Endnote menu. Now, we want to change them to, for example, arabic numerals (1, 2, 3 …)įirst of all, go to the Footnotes menu. In this example, we’re starting off with some footnotes or endnotes that use roman numerals (i, ii, iii …):

How to change the number format for footnotes/endnotes If you’re re-using an article which has been rejected by another journal, or repurposing a chapter of your PhD, you might find that the style for one journal is different from what you’ve done previously.Īlternatively, you may just decide you would prefer to use roman numerals, arabic numerals, symbols or whatever for your footnotes or endnotes, and want to change them. For example, academic journals will usually have some form of Guidelines for Authors which will lay out (sometimes) the font, heading styles, reference styles and footnote styles that you are expected to use.

The main reason to change your footnote or endnote numbering style is because of the style guide of whatever you’re writing the document for. Why would I want to change my footnote or endnote numbering style? while editing someone’s work, or when you change your mind, or when you’re working to a particular journal’s style and need to amend something you’ve already written) in Word 2007, Word 2010 and Word 2013. As part of my series on footnotes and endnotes, here’s how to change your footnote and endnote numbering styles on the go (e.g.

Change format of line numbers in word