This example changes the footnote reference marks for the footnotes in the active document to lowercase letters, starting with the letter "c".
With ActiveDocument.Footnotes
.StartingNumber = 3
.NumberStyle = wdNoteNumberStyleLowercaseLetter
End With
This example inserts an automatically numbered footnote at the insertion point.
Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
Text:="(Lone Creek Press, 1995)"