Chicago 18th Edition Citation Guide

Formatting Notes in Word

• Click where you want to insert your footnote
• Click the References Tab
• Click Insert Footnote or Insert Endnote depending on your assignment instructions
• Word will take your cursor to the bottom of the page
• Type in your citation. Word automatically adjusts to a smaller font and single spacing

• Notes will automatically format using Roman Numerals. You want them use our traditional number system (1,2,3...)
• Go to your first note
• Hover over it
• Right click
• Look at the number format box
• Change to 1, 2, 3,....
• Click apply

Indentations in Word

Make sure your citations have the correct indentations:

• Footnote/endnotes are indented in the first line.
• The Bibliography has a hanging indent

To change the indentation:

• Select or highlight all of your notes or all of the citations in your bibliography.
• Right click
• Click Paragraph
• Under Special, click either first line or hanging indent