I know the combination Ctrl+A to jump to the beginning of the current command, and Ctrl+E to jump to the end. But is there any way to jump word by word, like Alt+←/→ in Cocoa applications does? It seems that Word 2004 has re-programmed the default keyboard commands to move the cursor from one word to the next. Does anyone out there in help land know how to re-assign the keyboard command for moving the cursor forward and backward a single word.
In this article, there are 4 ways for you to quickly delete all footnotes or endnotes you have in Word document
In large, endnotes and footnotes are texts in document where explanations and comments go. Yet, sometimes when you inherit a document from others, this kind of information can be useless to you. Therefore, you will have to remove them. Without deleting then one by one, here are 4 quick ways which enable you to clear them once for all.
Method 1: Use the “Styles” Window
- First off, click “Home” tab.
- Then click the down arrow button in “Styles” group.
- Next in “Styles” window open, find and place your cursor on “Footnote Reference” or “Endnote Reference”.
- And click the upside-down triangle button.
- Now on the drop-down menu, click “Select All XX Instance(s)”. The “XX” here refers to the number of the footnotes or endnotes you have. Now all footnotes or endnotes are selected.
- Finally press “Delete” and all of them are gone in a second.
Sometimes in step 2, however, you may fail to find either “Footnote Reference” or “Endnote Reference”. Here are steps you can take:
- Firstly, click the “Options” on the right-down side of the “Styles” window.
- Next in “Style Pane Options” dialog box, choose “All styles” for “Select styles to show”.
- Then click “OK”.
- And now you can find both “Footnote Reference” and “Endnote Reference”.
- Repeat step 4 above.
- Lastly click “Select All” and you can see they are in selection now.
Method 2: Use “Find and Replace” Function
- At first, click “Home” table, too.
- Then this time in “Editing” group, choose “Replace”.
- Next in “Find and Replace” dialog box, place cursor at the text box of “Find what”.
- And click “More” button to expand more options.
- Then click “Special” at the bottom.
- Next choose “Endnote Mark” or “Footnote Mark”.
- If you choose “Endnote Mark”, in the “Find what” text box, you will see “^e”. If you select “Footnote Mark”, you are likely to see “^f”.
- Now keep the “Replace with” text box empty.
- Lastly, click “Replace All” to delete then all. Or click “Replace” to navigate through them one by one and decide whether to delete or not.
Here you have to understand if some of the footnotes or endnotes contain custom marks, they cannot be cleared, such as below:
Method 3: Record Macro
For example, if we want to get rid of all footnotes, we can record a macro for method 2 and we will get codes in return. And then you can choose to either assign a button or keyboard for the macro to use it later. As for how to record a macro, please refer to this article: How to Remove the Formatting of Pasted Texts with Macro and VBA in Your Word
The following codes are used to delete footnotes:
By the way, to delete endnotes, you just need to change “^f” to “^e” in the code line of “.Text = “^f””.
Method 4: Use VBA Codes
If you prefer an even faster way, macro can help. As shown in method 2, some of the customized endnote or footnote mark can’t be eliminated. But with the assistance of macro, it can be handled easily.
- To start with, press “Alt+ F11” to open the VBA editor.
- Next click “Insert” to insert a new “Module”.
- Then double click to open the module. Now if you want to delete all endnotes, paste the following codes:
And to delete all footnotes, paste these codes instead:
- Lastly, click “Run”.
Comparison of 4 Methods
Methods | Advantages | Disadvantages |
Method 1: Use the “Styles” Window | 1. Simple steps 2. Can delete all endnotes or footnotes at once, including customized marks | 1. You have to repeat the operation every time you have a new document. 2. It deletes all endnotes or footnotes and you can’t keep some of them if you want. |
Method 2: Use “Find and Replace” Function& Method 3: Record Macro | 1. You can choose to either delete them all or navigate through one by one to make the decision. 2. You can record a macro for later use. | 1. Comparatively more steps 2. Can’t delete customized marks |
Method 4: Use VBA Codes | 1. Simple steps 2. Can delete all endnotes or footnotes at once, including customized marks | 1. It suits people who are familiar with macro. 2. It deletes all endnotes or footnotes and you can’t keep some of them if you want. |
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Very often we find words or definitions on a page followed by a number in superscript, for which some details or description can be found right at the bottom of the page. This is a footnote. It is a preferable method to let the readers concentrate on the context of current reading while giving all the details they need in a compact and easy to access manner. Footnotes are most commonly used to provide annotations or references in an article or a document. These are helpful in word documents to explain a particular word in detail without side-tracking the main concept of the article or the paragraph. This guide explains how to add Footnote in Microsoft Word 2016/2013/Office 365 on Windows 10, 8.1 or Windows 7 Operating Systems. Footnotes are the best way to give the due credit to the sources used in the article. Apart from adding the value to the document, footnotes enhance the professional look of the document.
The Footnotes, in general, are used to provide;
What is Inside?· References to reliable sources
· Source information of statistics or tables
· Detailed explanation.
A footnote consists of two basic elements.
Footnote Marker. A footnote marker can be represented as a superscripted word, letter, or number. In the word documents a footnote marker is like a shortcut, and when you click this marker, it leads you to the full footnote on the bottom of the document. There are many options to select the way you can control the footnote marker. One such setting will allow a user to present a popup by hovering the mouse cursor over this marker. A few examples of footnote marker are [1], [a] and Note 1]
Footnote. A footnote represents full annotation of the source. The footnote label is in plain text followed by a carat. If the same footnote is used in multiple times referencing in the document, the footnote will comprise of multiple backlinks and will look like ^ a b c Citation.
The footnote list is ordered, and each footnote is incremented automatically.
Steps to Create Footnote in Word Office 365/2016 [Windows OS]
Click on references from the top menu in a word document and is located between “layout” and “mailings’. Clicking References will open many options to cite, reference, cross-reference, indexing, and bibliography.
To insert a footnote at a particular place in the document, you need to click on “Insert Footnote”, it will add a footnote number, and simultaneously a separator bar will be created and presented to the document creator at the bottom of the page.
Once a footnote is created, the typing cursor will automatically be shifted to the footnote number at the end of the page to write its description as shown in the image below.
“Note: The keyboard shortcut to insert the footnote is by pressing the shortcut key Ctrl+Alt+F.”
Insert custom Footnote in MS Word 2016/2013
To add custom Footnote in MS word, you can click the below mark in Footnote options area as below.
There are a number of ways you can customize the appearance of footnotes in the document. To open the settings, click on the right corner of footnote section on the upper word menu. In the footnote and endnote windows that open you can customize your footnote in following ways.
- In location section, you can determine the position of footnote either below the text or at the end of the bottom.
- In formatting section, you can the select the style of numbering from various options that include 1,2,3, or a,b,c, or I, ii, iii and much more to select.
- You have the option to select the symbol from different symbols available as a foot-mark in custom mark section.
- You can select the numbering of the footnote as continuous running, restart at next section and restart the numbering at every page.
These are the simplest steps to add a footnote in the existing or new documents with MS Word 2016 or 2013. The same steps can be followed if you want to add footnotes using a Mac PC. If you are a researcher frequently writing a research paper, presenting your work to your professor, writing a detailed report on a new product or an author writing a book, the footnote is a great tool to elucidate on some difficult terms or your sources of reference. Follow the above-mentioned steps and create some awesome and easy to understand documents.
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