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Inserting Footnotes and Endnotes in Turabian Style
A footnote cites sources at the bottom of pages on which information was quoted, paraphrased,
or summarized. On the other hand, citations can be gathered at the end of the document and
placed on a page, called Endnotes. The style of citing sources are the same; the placement
(bottom of the page on or a page of its own) is different.
Turbian Style uses two different ways of numbering footnotes; either style is correct.
Style 1:
According to Kate Turbian’s manual A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations (6th edition), page 255, “The simpler one is to use numerals on the line, followed
by a period, as in [this] example” 2. Marcel, The Mystery of Being, 1:42.
Style 2:
However, the other and “older style is to use superscript numerals like footnote numbers in the
text, without punctuation.”
This handout shows how to use style 2 by inserting superscripted numbers for citing sources
either as footnotes or as endnotes, which begins on the next page.
First, open a document in Word and format the paper. Next type your document. When you are
ready to insert a footnote, follow the steps that begin on the next page. For endnotes, begin on
page 5.
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To insert a footnote:
With cursor blinking where footnote should be inserted on the document, go to the tools bar,
click References.
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Once clicking on References, the tools bar will show the choices as shown at the top of the page.
Select the superscripted AB Insert Footnote as shown by the arrow above.
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Clicking once on AB Insert Footnote, the superscripted footnote will be inserted in the
document (see the arrow) and simultaneously insert the superscripted number at the bottom of
the same page.
Refer to the next page for this illustration (shown by an arrow at the bottom).
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Superscripted footnote shown at bottom of the page.
Cursor will blink beside the right side of the number.
Use arrow keys to move the cursor to the other side of the number.
Tab the footnote once so it is indented to meet the 6th edition of Turabian Style.
Type the corresponding citation that is accordance with Turabian Style for the type of source that
is cited.
Highlight the footnote and change the font size and/or type to match the body of the paper.
To insert subsequent footnotes, repeat the steps above; Microsoft Word will automatically
number subsequent footnotes.
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To insert an endnote:
Proceed with writing as with a footnote.
When an endnote is needed, go the “References” tab (A).
Click the box in the lower right corner of the note section to change the endnote form (B).
B
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This screen will appear.
In Location, click inside the circle to the left of Endnotes.
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This screen will appear.
Simultaneously, End of document will appear in the elongated box to the right of the selection
(A).
To meet Turabian Style, this selection is the correct one.
(If click on the drop down arrow at right, the other choice is End of section.)
Next, move to the middle of the box to Format (B) to change the Roman Numerals (i. ii., iii., iv,
etc.) to Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)
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Click on the drop down arrow to the right of Number format.
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This screen will appear with the drop down menu.
To meet Turabian Style, select 1, 2, 3, …
The numbers will be inserted on the last page of the document (endnotes) instead of the bottom
of the page (footnotes).
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Once the Number format is selected, all other settings should remain as shown in the box:
Start at: 1 = means the endnote will begin on number 1.
Numbering: Continuous = means the endnote will automatically number in sequential
order every time the endnote is inserted.
Apply changes to: Whole document = means endnote numbering will apply to the
entire document until changes are made.
When selection completed, click on Insert (A) if document already started and want to insert the
first endnote.
Click on Apply (B) if setting up the document along with other settings such as margins, etc.
Now, endnotes can be automatically inserted into the document.
Created by Austin Peay State University, 16 July 2013; revised 11 March 2015
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