Footnotes Collection Object

Description

A collection of Footnote objects that represent all the footnotes in a selection, range, or document.

Using the Footnotes Collection

Use the Footnotes property to return the Footnotes collection. The following example changes all of the footnotes in the active document to endnotes.

ActiveDocument.Footnotes.SwapWithEndnotes

Use the Add method to add a footnote to the Footnotes collection. The following example adds a footnote immediately after the selection.

Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
ActiveDocument.Footnotes.Add Range:=Selection.Range , _
    Text:="The Willow Tree, (Lone Creek Press, 1996)."

Use Footnotes(index), where index is the index number, to return a single Footnote object. The index number represents the position of the footnote in the selection, range, or document. The following example applies red formatting to the first footnote in the selection.

If Selection.Footnotes.Count >= 1 Then
    Selection.Footnotes(1).Reference.Font.ColorIndex = wdRed
End If

Remarks

Footnotes positioned at the end of a document or section are considered endnotes and are included in the Endnotes collection.

Properties

Application property, ContinuationNotice property, ContinuationSeparator property, Count property, Creator property, Location property, NumberingRule property, NumberStyle property, Parent property, Separator property, StartingNumber property.

Methods

Add method (Endnotes and Footnotes collections), Convert method, Item method, ResetContinuationNotice method, ResetContinuationSeparator method, ResetSeparator method, SwapWithEndnotes method.