Don't understand how to write footnotes or footnotes for a paper or thesis? Check out the article on how to make footnotes in Word below, gang!
When you create an assignment, paper, or thesis, footnotes are often considered a vital component.
Footnotes or footnote is a list of additional notes or descriptions included at the bottom of the page. Generally, footnotes provide information that explains the source of the quote.
So, do you know how to easily create footnotes in Microsoft Word? If you are still confused about how to make it, here Jaka shares the steps to make a footnote.
Easy Ways to Make Footnotes
Making footnotes in Microsoft Word is really easy, you know, gang. So far, there are 3 ways to create footnotes or footnotes in Microsoft Word.
The following are ways that you can practice yourself at home:
1. How to Create Footnotes Directly on Microsoft Word Pages
For how to make this first footnote, all you have to do is double-clicking at the bottom of the Microsoft Word page. Then, your page will automatically change to footnote mode.
2. How to Create a Live Footnote Using Alt + Ctrl + F
The second way to make a footnote in Word is by pressing the shortcut key (Alt+Ctrl+F) on your PC or laptop keyboard. Then you will be able to immediately create a footnote.
3. How to create a footnote via the Menu Bar
The last way, you can create a footnote via the References menu. Actually it's not too difficult, it's just that it's a little complicated because the menu is a bit hidden. Here are the steps:
- Open the document or Microsoft Word file that you want to footnote. Select and mark the quote you want to footnote.
- Click bar References then Insert Footnote.
- Next, fill in the required information or references.
- To create advanced footnotes, repeat the steps above. Then fill in the information in the newly created footnote.
Writing Format and Footnote Example
If above Jaka has explained several ways to make footnotes in Word, now Jaka wants to tell you some formats for writing footnotes that are commonly used in papers.
You must include footnotes or footnotes from quotes sourced from the internet, books, papers, theses and other sources. Because, if you don't include it, you can be accused of plagiarism.
1. How to Create a Footnote Sourced from the Internet.
Writing Format:
Author's name, title of the article from the internet, web URL, (date and time of access).
Example:
Andini Anissa, 3 Easy Ways to Make Footnotes in Microsoft Word, //jalantikus.com/tips/cara-make-footnotes, (accessed February 21, 2019, at 08.00).
2. How to Create a Footnote Sourced from a Book.
Writing Format:
Name, Title of Book/Source, (City of publication: Publisher, year of publication), page number.
Example:
Alisyahbana, Sutan Destiny. 1957. History of the Struggle and Growth of the Indonesian Language. Jakarta: People's Library.
If the book is written by two people, then all names must be written, but you don't need to reverse the order of the second author's name.
Joko, Amril and Tri Ardian. 1998. Guidelines for Creating a Website. Jakarta: Tanto Publishers.
3. How to make a Footnote from a Journal or Paper
Writing Format:
Citation Number Author name, article title (italics), journal or magazine name along with volume and number, year of publication, page number.
Example:
Yahya Saputra, Violence against Women in Islamic Law, Asy-Syariah, Edition 6, April 2016, p. 15.
4. How to Make Footnotes from Thesis / Thesis / Dissertation
Writing Format:
Quotation number Author's name, Type of paper: title of paper in italics (City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publishing), Source page of citation.
Example:
Michael Nasution, Thesis: Media Propaganda in General Elections in Dududuu State (Jakarta: ABCD University, 2019), page 8.
Some Important Things in Making Footnotes
Footnotes can be edited as needed. For example, font size, bold print, crooked, and underscore.
You can also change footnote color as needed or change the position of the footnote for example left to right or center.
Footnote writing standards vary. Instead, you adjust it to the conditions requested.
That's the discussion about how to easily create footnotes in Microsoft Word. In some colleges, footnotes are hardly used. Apart from all that, hopefully this article can be useful and add insight!
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