Accordingly, you can control the formatting of the notes by adjusting the corresponding styles. The text of newly-created endnotes is automatically formatted with the 'Endnote Text' style. The text of newly-created footnotes is automatically formatted with the 'Footnote Text' style. When a new reference mark is inserted, Atlantis automatically places the caret within the corresponding note so that you can start typing the text of the note itself. These reference marks normally display in superscript: These marks generally follow the text they are referencing, but they are also displayed at the start of the notes themselves. Reference marks, such as a number or a symbol, are used to show the connection between the main text and the corresponding note. Yet they are helpful in explaining a point in greater detail or in adding related information. Endnotes are similar to footnotes but they appear as an appendix of notes at the end of the document, or at the end of a document section.įootnotes and endnotes supplement topics found in the main text, but would be distracting or inappropriate if they were to be embedded in the main body of text itself. It provides an extra piece of information about a subject mentioned further up on the same page. Atlantis supports two types of notes: footnotes and endnotes.Ī footnote is a note placed at the bottom of a page in a document.

What is footnote and endnote