- \n \t
- Add footnotes or chapter endnotes.<\/li>\n \t
- Select footnotes OR chapter endnotes in Theme Options (PDF-only).<\/li>\n \t
- Automatically convert MS Word or Open Office footnotes or chapter endnotes.<\/li>\n \t
- Add end-of-book endnotes (manually).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTo see the footnotes or chapter endnotes formatted in your book, take a look at a new\u00a0set of exports and the webbook version!\n\n<\/div>\n
Adding Footnotes or Chapter Endnotes Using the Footnote Shortcode<\/h2>\nYou can add a footnote or endnote as follows in either the TEXT editor OR the VISUAL editor:\n
Call me Ishmael.[[footnote]This is one of the most famous opening lines in the English language.[\/footnote]]Some years ago\u2014never mind how long precisely...<\/code><\/div>\nThis will automatically create a footnote (or endnote) with the text inside the [[footnote][\/footnote]]<\/code>\u00a0\"shortcode\".\n\nYou can achieve the same thing using the footnote button in the VISUAL editor, either by highlighting the footnote text and clicking the \"FN\" button, or by placing your cursor where you want your footnote marker to appear, selecting the \"FN\" button and adding your footnote text:\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1541\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1387\"]![\"Highlight](\"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/files\/2016\/09\/footnote1.png\")
<\/a> Highlight footnote text and click \"FN\" button[\/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1542\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1388\"]![\"Click](\"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/files\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-12-at-10.31.34.png\")
<\/a> Click \"FN\" button and type footnote into pop-up window[\/caption]\nSelect Footnotes Or Chapter Endnotes in Theme Options (PDF only)<\/h2>\nIn ebook outputs (EPUB and MOBI), as well as on the web, footnotes are ALWAYS displayed at the end of the chapter.\n\nIn PDF output you have two choices:\n
- \n \t
- Footnotes (displayed at the bottom of the page)<\/li>\n \t
- Chapter endnotes (displayed at the end of the chapter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n(We currently do not support end-of-book endnotes, but see below for inserting these manually.)\n\nTo set your footnote options for PDF, go to:\nLeft menu >>\nAppearance >>\nTheme Options >>\nPDF Options and under \"Footnotes Style\" select either:\n
- \n \t
- Regular footnotes<\/li>\n \t
- Force as endnotes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Automatically Convert MS Word or Open Office Footnotes or Chapter Endnotes<\/h2>\nPressbooks can also automatically convert your MS Word or Open Office footnotes or chapter endnotes for you.\n
NOTE: If your Word or Open Office doc has footnotes\/endnotes, you must do this conversion, otherwise the footnote\/endnote code will generate errors in EPUB and MOBI outputs, and will not link properly in PDF and Web outputs.<\/div>\nTo convert MS Word\/Open Office footnotes\/endnotes:\n- \n \t
- Paste your Word doc\/chapter with footnotes into Pressbooks.<\/li>\n \t
- In the Visual Editor, find the little \"window\" icon beside \"FN.\"<\/li>\n \t
- Click and your\u00a0footnotes should be converted.<\/li>\n \t
- NOTE: This will leave some ellipses\u00a0at the bottom of your chapter which should be deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[caption id=\"attachment_1543\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1387\"]
![\"After](\"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/files\/2016\/09\/Footnotes-Word-1.png\")
<\/a> After copying or importing Word doc, click \"Convert MS Word Footnotes\" button[\/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1544\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1387\"]![\"Converted](\"https:\/\/pb.malartu.org\/pbuserguide\/files\/2016\/09\/Footnotes-Word-2.png\")
<\/a> Converted footnotes and ellipses to delete[\/caption]\n<\/a>Manually Adding End-of-book Endnotes<\/h2>\nPressbooks does not currently support automatic creation and numbering of end-of-book endnotes. If you do not need your endnotes to link back and forth (ideal for ebooks and web PDFs, but not necessary), then you can create your endnotes as follows:\n
- \n \t
- Add your endnote marker within your text in the TEXT editor as follows:\n
Call me Ishmael.1<\/sup> Some years ago\u2014never mind how long precisely...<\/code><\/li>\n \t- Create a\u00a0back matter section called \"Endnotes.\"<\/li>\n \t
- Enter your endnotes as you like, for instance:\n
1. This is one of the most famous opening lines in the English language.<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nLinking Endnotes<\/h3>\nIf you need your endnotes to link back and forth then you need to create internal links<\/a>, then do as above, with the following additions:\n\n4. Decide on how you will identify your endnotes and their markers. Here, we are using 'endnote-1-marker' for the marker, and 'endnote-1' for the endnote, but you can use any id, so long as they are used correctly and unique<\/strong> (e.g. 'e1' for the first endnote, and 'm1' for the corresponding marker).\n\n5. In the TEXT editor of your chapter, add the bolded link tag around\u00a0your endnote maker number:\n\n
Call me Ishmael.<a id=\"endnote-marker-1\" href=\"\/back-matter\/endnotes#endnote-1\"><\/strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/strong> Some years ago\u2014never mind how long precisely...<\/code>\n\nThis creates both a link to the endnote\u00a0(the 'href'), and an id point so you can return to the body text from your endnote (the 'id').\n\n6. Next, in your endnote back matter, add the bolded link tag around the endnote number (again, in the TEXT editor).\n\n<a id=\"endnote-1\" href=\"\/chapter\/your-chapter-name#endnote-marker-1\"><\/strong>1.<\/a><\/strong> This is one of the most famous opening lines in the English language.<\/code>\n\nThis does the same as the first tag, creating an id location that the first tag can link to, and a link back to the id location in the body of the text.\n\nFor more details on this, see our chapter on internal links<\/a>.\n\n
\n\nPrefer to watch and learn? Here\u2019s a brief visual intro to adding footnotes\u00a0in Pressbooks.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U9r0YO6O8b4","rendered":"\nPressbooks supports automatic creation of footnotes (PDF) and chapter\u00a0endnotes (PDF and EPUB\/MOBI), as well as automatic conversion of MS Word footnotes & chapter endnotes. If you want to add end-of-book endnotes, you’ll have to do this manually. This chapter will show you how to:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Add footnotes or chapter endnotes.<\/li>\n
- Select footnotes OR chapter endnotes in Theme Options (PDF-only).<\/li>\n
- Automatically convert MS Word or Open Office footnotes or chapter endnotes.<\/li>\n
- Add end-of-book endnotes (manually).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To see the footnotes or chapter endnotes formatted in your book, take a look at a new\u00a0set of exports and the webbook version!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Adding Footnotes or Chapter Endnotes Using the Footnote Shortcode<\/h2>\n
You can add a footnote or endnote as follows in either the TEXT editor OR the VISUAL editor:<\/p>\n
Call me Ishmael.[footnote]This is one of the most famous opening lines in the English language.[\/footnote]Some years ago\u2014never mind how long precisely...<\/code><\/div>\nThis will automatically create a footnote (or endnote) with the text inside the [
]<\/code>\u00a0\"shortcode\".<\/p>\nYou can achieve the same thing using the footnote button in the VISUAL editor, either by highlighting the footnote text and clicking the \"FN\" button, or by placing your cursor where you want your footnote marker to appear, selecting the \"FN\" button and adding your footnote text:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHighlight footnote text and click \"FN\" button<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nClick \"FN\" button and type footnote into pop-up window<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Select Footnotes Or Chapter Endnotes in Theme Options (PDF only)<\/h2>\n
In ebook outputs (EPUB and MOBI), as well as on the web, footnotes are ALWAYS displayed at the end of the chapter.<\/p>\n
In PDF output you have two choices:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Footnotes (displayed at the bottom of the page)<\/li>\n
- Chapter endnotes (displayed at the end of the chapter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
(We currently do not support end-of-book endnotes, but see below for inserting these manually.)<\/p>\n
To set your footnote options for PDF, go to:<\/p>\n
Left menu >>
\nAppearance >>
\nTheme Options >>
\nPDF Options and under \"Footnotes Style\" select either:<\/p>\n- \n
- Regular footnotes<\/li>\n
- Force as endnotes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
Automatically Convert MS Word or Open Office Footnotes or Chapter Endnotes<\/h2>\n
Pressbooks can also automatically convert your MS Word or Open Office footnotes or chapter endnotes for you.<\/p>\n
NOTE: If your Word or Open Office doc has footnotes\/endnotes, you must do this conversion, otherwise the footnote\/endnote code will generate errors in EPUB and MOBI outputs, and will not link properly in PDF and Web outputs.<\/div>\nTo convert MS Word\/Open Office footnotes\/endnotes:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Paste your Word doc\/chapter with footnotes into Pressbooks.<\/li>\n
- In the Visual Editor, find the little \"window\" icon beside \"FN.\"<\/li>\n
- Click and your\u00a0footnotes should be converted.<\/li>\n
- NOTE: This will leave some ellipses\u00a0at the bottom of your chapter which should be deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
After copying or importing Word doc, click \"Convert MS Word Footnotes\" button<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nConverted footnotes and ellipses to delete<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a>Manually Adding End-of-book Endnotes<\/h2>\n
Pressbooks does not currently support automatic creation and numbering of end-of-book endnotes. If you do not need your endnotes to link back and forth (ideal for ebooks and web PDFs, but not necessary), then you can create your endnotes as follows:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Add your endnote marker within your text in the TEXT editor as follows:
\nCall me Ishmael.1<\/sup> Some years ago\u2014never mind how long precisely...<\/code><\/li>\n- Create a\u00a0back matter section called \"Endnotes.\"<\/li>\n
- Enter your endnotes as you like, for instance:
\n1. This is one of the most famous opening lines in the English language.<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nLinking Endnotes<\/h3>\n
If you need your endnotes to link back and forth then you need to create internal links<\/a>, then do as above, with the following additions:<\/p>\n
4. Decide on how you will identify your endnotes and their markers. Here, we are using 'endnote-1-marker' for the marker, and 'endnote-1' for the endnote, but you can use any id, so long as they are used correctly and unique<\/strong> (e.g. 'e1' for the first endnote, and 'm1' for the corresponding marker).<\/p>\n
5. In the TEXT editor of your chapter, add the bolded link tag around\u00a0your endnote maker number:<\/p>\n
Call me Ishmael.<a id=\"endnote-marker-1\" href=\"\/back-matter\/endnotes#endnote-1\"><\/strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/strong> Some years ago\u2014never mind how long precisely...<\/code><\/p>\nThis creates both a link to the endnote\u00a0(the 'href'), and an id point so you can return to the body text from your endnote (the 'id').<\/p>\n
6. Next, in your endnote back matter, add the bolded link tag around the endnote number (again, in the TEXT editor).<\/p>\n
<a id=\"endnote-1\" href=\"\/chapter\/your-chapter-name#endnote-marker-1\"><\/strong>1.<\/a><\/strong> This is one of the most famous opening lines in the English language.<\/code><\/p>\nThis does the same as the first tag, creating an id location that the first tag can link to, and a link back to the id location in the body of the text.<\/p>\n
For more details on this, see our chapter on internal links<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nPrefer to watch and learn? Here\u2019s a brief visual intro to adding footnotes\u00a0in Pressbooks.<\/p>\n
- Add your endnote marker within your text in the TEXT editor as follows:
- Add your endnote marker within your text in the TEXT editor as follows:\n
![\"Highlight](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10270\/2015\/08\/footnote1.png\")
<\/a> Highlight footnote text and click \"FN\" button[\/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_1542\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1388\"]![\"Click](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10270\/2015\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-12-at-10.31.34.png\")
<\/a> Click \"FN\" button and type footnote into pop-up window[\/caption]\n