Word will provide feedback on how many replacements it has made. Click on the Replace tab on top, and then on Replace All. Within the Special choices, click on Endnote Mark, and Word will insert a ^e in the blank space in front of Find what. Step #5: For endnotes only-Select Endnote Mark
Click on Find and then on Special to open a list of choices. Step #3: Enlarge the Find and Replace DialogĬlick on the More tab at the bottom of the dialog to enlarge it. You can also reach this dialog by pressing Ctrl+H on your keyboard. Click on Replace on the right side of the ribbon to open the Find and Replace dialog. Step #2: Open the Find and Replace DialogĬlick on the Home tab on the menu bar on top to change the ribbon. Place the cursor at the start of the document. Open the document with footnotes and endnotes. Method #4: Use Find and Replace to collectively remove footnotes and endnotes Step #1: Open Word document Repeat steps #2 and #3 for removing any other footnote or endnote. Press the delete button on your keyboard twice to remove the reference number and the footnote. Step #3: Delete the reference number and the footnote or endnote. Word will move the cursor to the reference number of the first footnote or endnote available after the cursor. In the menu that drops, click on Next Footnote or Next Endnote. Within the Footnotes section, click on the small triangle next to Next Footnote. Step #2: Reference the next footnote or endnoteĬlick on the References tab on the top menu bar to change the ribbon. Method #3: Individually using menus Step #1: Open Word document
Repeat steps #3 and #4 to remove any other footnote or endnote. Word will also automatically renumber the remaining notes. The second time you press Delete, Word will remove the reference number and the note. The first time you press the Delete button, Word will select the reference number next to the cursor. Press the Delete button on your keyboard twice. Word will take you to the corresponding reference number in the text. If you right click on an endnote, in the menu that opens, click on Go to Endnote. In the menu that opens click on Go to Footnote. Place the cursor anywhere within the footnote or endnote you want to remove. Step #2: Go to the specific footnote or endnote
Method #2: Remove a specific footnote or endnote Step #1: Open Word document Repeat steps #2 and #3 to remove any other footnote or endnote. Word also updates the other footnote and/or endnote numbers. Press the Delete button a second time, and Word deletes the reference number and its related footnote or endnote. Step #3: Delete the specific footnote or endnote Word selects the reference number next to the cursor. Press the Delete button on your keyboard. Position the cursor before the reference number of the footnote or endnote that you want to remove. Step #2: Select the desired reference number Method #1: Remove footnote or endnote individually by selecting its reference number Step #1: Open Word document
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However, the information may be trivial or even useless in some cases, especially when you have inherited the document from others and need to edit and update the notes. Footnotes and endnotes in a Word document are useful entries for explanations and comments.