LibreOffice 25.2 Help
Specifies the formatting for footnotes.
To set additional option for footnotes, choose , and then click the Footnote tab.
Select the numbering scheme that you want to use.
| Selection | Description | 
|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3 | Arabic numerals | 
| A, B, C | Alphabetical numbering with uppercase letters A–Z | 
| a, b, c | Alphabetical numbering with lowercase letters a–z | 
| I, II, III | Roman numerals (upper-case) | 
| i, ii, iii | Roman numerals (lower-case) | 
| A,... AA,... AAA,... | Alphabetical numbering with uppercase letters A–Z | 
| a,... aa,... aaa,... | Alphabetical numbering with lowercase letters a–z | 
Select the numbering option for the footnotes.
| Option | Meaning | 
|---|---|
| Per page | Restarts the numbering of footnotes at the top of each page. This option is only available if the End of page check box is marked in the Position area. | 
| Per chapter | Restarts the numbering of footnotes at the beginning of each chapter. | 
| Per document | Numbers the footnotes in the document sequentially. | 
Enter the text that you want to display in front of the footnote number in the note text. For example, type "To " to display "To 1".
Enter the text that you want to display after the footnote number in the note text. For example, type ")" to display "1)".
Footnote numbers are left aligned by default in the footnote area. For right aligned footnote numbers first edit the paragraph style Footnote. Press Command+TF11 to open Styles dialogue box and select Footnote from the list of paragraph styles. Open the local menu with right click and choose Modify. Go to the Indents & Spacing tab page and set indent to 0 before and after the paragraph, including the first line. On Tabs tab page create a tab of right type at 12pt and a tab of left type at 14pt. Then in Footnotes/Endnotes Settings dialogue box enter \t into the Before and After edit boxes.
Enter the number for the first footnote in the document. This option is only available if you selected "Per Document" in the Counting box.
Displays footnotes at the bottom of the page.
Displays footnotes at the end of the document as endnotes.
To ensure a uniform appearance for the footnotes in your document, assign a paragraph style to the footnote text, and assign character styles to the footnote anchor number and the number in the footnote area.
Select the paragraph style for the footnote text. Only special styles can be selected.
Select the page style that you want to use for footnotes.
This option is only available if the End of Document check box is marked in the Position area.
Select the character style that you want to use for footnote anchors in the text area of your document.
Select the character style that you want to use for the footnote numbers in the footnote area.
Enter the text that you want to display when the footnotes are continued on the next page, for example, "Continued on Page ". LibreOffice Writer automatically inserts the number of the following page.
Enter the text that you want to display on the page where the footnotes are continued, for example, "Continued from Page ". LibreOffice Writer automatically inserts the number of the previous page.