Converting Individual Endnotes and Footnotes

Word is flexible on whether a note is considered an endnote or a footnote. You can easily convert between the two, but the way you do the conversion is not necessarily intuitive. To convert from an endnote to a footnote (or vice versa), follow these steps:

1. If you are working in Normal view or (in Word 2007) Draft view, select Footnotes from the View menu or (in Word 2007) display the References tab of the ribbon and click Show Notes. Otherwise, skip to step 3.
2. If you are using Word 2000 or a later version, and you have both footnotes and endnotes defined in your document, Word displays the View Footnotes dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.) Click on the type of note from which you want to convert and then click on OK.
3. Right-click on the footnote or endnote you want to convert. Word displays a Context menu.
4. 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).
5. If you are working in Normal view or (in Word 2007) 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.