How to easily reference sources with Confluence footnotes

What is a footnote?

Why use a Confluence footnote?

• Sources and citations - credit the source of an idea, or cite a referenced idea.

• Additional information - offer readers extra tangential information that enhances understanding or interest.

• Explanations - use a footnote to explain a particularly complex idea without derailing the discussion.
  

How to add a footnote in Confluence

Before you begin

• Option 1: Footnotes for Confluence - choose this if you only want to add footnotes.
  
• Option 2: Content Formatting Macros for Confluence - choose this if you want a comprehensive toolkit featuring buttons, progress bars, interactive banners, and a whole lot more!

1. Go to the page you’d like to add footnotes to.
   
   
2. Select the Edit icon at the top of the page (it looks like a pencil).
   
   
3. Click beside the text you want to add a footnote to. This could be an individual word or phrase, or you might place it at the end of a sentence.
   
   
4. Click the Insert (+) button from the menu bar at the top of the page. Then, type footnote into the search bar and select the footnote macro.
   
   
5. In the Footnote text box, type the information you’d like to be displayed for that individual footnote.

How to add a footnote summary in Confluence

1. Click the point on the page where you’d like your footnote summary to go (this is the place where users can read your additional information).
   
   
2. Again click the Insert icon (+) at the top of the page and type in footnote, then select the Footnote summary macro. (Note: You’ll now see a placeholder - your footnote summary will show in the way it appears to users after the next step.)
   
   
3. Click to Publish or Update your page in the upper right corner. Now your footnotes and footnote summary are ready!