Difference:
1, footnotes are generally located at the bottom of the page and can be used as comments on the contents of a document; Endnotes are generally located at the end of the document, listing the source of quotations, etc.
Footnotes can be used to explain the contents of documents, while endnotes can be used to explain the cited documents.
3. Footnotes explain a word and a sentence in the text, which is inconvenient to explain in the text. For fear of affecting the continuity of the text, insert an explanation at the top of the footer. Is a reference, it only appears on the current page, not every page in this section. Endnotes are similar in form to captions. They are usually used in this sentence or paragraph. Where did they come from? There is an explanation at the end of the full text, which is far from the content of the text.
4. If you need to annotate at the bottom of each page, set it as a footnote, and the annotation at the end of the document is an endnote. If the article is long, use footnotes when setting up references. Footnotes are much more used than endnotes. In general, the reference is directly entered after the article, and it is not necessary to set it as an endnote, because when it is set as an endnote, there will be a mark in the article, which is generally not used.
Footnotes or endnotes consist of two linked parts: the reference mark of the annotation and the corresponding annotation text.
How to add footnotes and endnotes:
1. Footnotes and endnotes can be found under Reference in the Insert menu;
2. Click the footnote or endnote and start setting.
Conversion method of footnotes and endnotes:
1. Move the cursor to the footnote to be converted, right-click and select "Convert to Endnote" in the pop-up menu;
2. Convert all footnotes into endnotes, place the cursor on the footnotes, right-click and select the "Convert comment options to endnotes immediately" button in the pop-up menu.
3. Click the OK button in the Convert Annotation window.