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Add a Footnote

To add a footnote in a topic:

  1. Edit a topic and select the position in your text where you want the first reference to the footnote to appear.

    Note

    For example, if you have a topic where three paragraphs all need to reference the footnote, select a position in the first of these paragraphs.

  2. Press Alt + Enter ⏎ (Windows) or Command ⌘ + Enter ⏎ (Mac) to display the Element Context Menu.

    Element context menu shows a search field and a list of elements that are valid at the current position.

  3. Enter footnote and select it from the menu.

    A topic being edited. It shows a paragraph and the element context menu. The footnote option is highlighted on the menu.

    Note

    Paligo adds a footnote and it appears below the selected text. This is so that there is plenty of space for you to enter the footnote text. When you publish the content, the footnote will not appear here, it will be in the footnotes at the bottom of the page.

    A footnote at the bottom of a page. It has a number in square brackets and then the text of the footnote.

    If you add a footnote in a table cell, Paligo adds the list of footnotes after the table.

  4. Enter the text for the footnote in the para element that appears below the footnote element.

  5. Select Save. Save icon.

Tip

If you need to refer to the same footnote again, see Refer to Existing Footnote.