Footnote Placement in Word
Footnote placement? Who would have ever thought that was even an issue? After all, don't footnotes appear at the bottom of the page where they're referenced?
However, what about the last page of your document? Text rarely ends at the bottom of a page, so that does present you with a choice.
You could choose to place the footnotes at the bottom of the page, leaving a white space between the text and the footnote.
Or, you could choose to have Word place the footnote below the text on the page, eliminating the white space all together.
What's your preference?
In Word 2010 and up, click on the down arrow in the Footnotes group, located on the References ribbon.
Make sure Footnotes is selected and from the drop down list to the right of that, make your choice.
If you want to make the change, but not add a footnote, just click on the Apply button (to save the change) and then the Cancel button (to return to your document).
If you want to add a footnote at this point, simply use the Insert button.