Microsoft Word Mac Change Footnotes To End Notes

Use footnotes and endnotes in Pages on Mac. A document can contain footnotes, which appear at the bottom of the page, or endnotes, which appear at the end of the document or a section.You can’t have both footnotes and endnotes in the same document, but you can convert all notes in the document from one type to another.

In this article, we will provide you with 6 ways to convert all footnotes to endnotes and vice versa in your Word document.

It’s known to all that by default, footnote texts are arranged on the bottom of individual pages while endnotes are found at the end of a document. However, such default settings cannot satisfy people all the time. Even Word has built-in command for users to convert footnotes to endnotes and vice versa. Therefore, we generate 6 methods for you to pick up.

Method 1: Convert All Footnotes to Endnotes in One Document Manually

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Here is where footnotes and endnotes usually stay:

  1. To begin with, click “References” tab then click the arrow button in “Footnotes” group to open the “Footnote and Endnote” dialog box.
  2. Next click “Convert” button.
  3. Then select “Convert all footnotes to endnotes” option.
  4. And click “OK”.
  5. Lastly, close the “Footnote and Endnote” box.

Here is the effect:

Method 2: Convert All Endnotes to Footnotes in One Document Manually

To convert endnotes to footnotes is very much the same.

  1. Repeat step 1 and 2 in method 1.
  2. This time select “Convert all endnotes to footnotes” option instead.
  3. Still, repeat step 4 and 5 in method 1.

Check the following result:

Method 3: Convert All Footnotes to Endnotes in One Document via VBA

  1. First off, press “Alt+ F11” to open VBA editor in Word.
  2. Next click “Normal”.
  3. Click “Insert” tab.
  4. And choose “Module” on the drop-down menu.
  5. Then double click on the module to open it.
  6. Paste the following codes there:
  1. Finally, click “Run”.

Method 4: Convert All Endnotes to Footnotes in One Document via VBA

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Similarly, follow the same steps in method 3 to install and run macro. But, replace the macro with the bellowing one:

Method 5: Batch Convert All Footnotes to Endnotes in Multiple Documents via VBA

In case there are a large number of files you have to deal with, you arrange them all in one folder first. Then install and run this macro:

Microsoft Word Mac Change Footnotes To End Notes

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Running this macro will pop up an input box where you should enter the folder path. And don’t forget there should be a “” at the end of the folder address.

Method 6: Batch Convert All Endnotes to Footnotes in Multiple Documents via VBA

Finally, here is the macro to batch convert endnotes in multiple documents to footnotes automatically:

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