Add footnotes and endnotes

The following example shows how to add footnotes and endnotes to a text document.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            Paragraph noteBody1 = new Paragraph();
            noteBody1.Add("This is the footnote text.");

            Note footnote = new Note();
            footnote.NoteClass = NoteClass.Footnote;
            footnote.ID = "ftn1";
            footnote.Citation = "1";
            footnote.Add(noteBody1);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add("This paragraph has a footnote");
            p1.Add(footnote);
            p1.Add(".");
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            Paragraph noteBody2 = new Paragraph();
            noteBody2.Add("This is the endnote text.");

            Note endnote = new Note();
            endnote.NoteClass = NoteClass.Endnote;
            endnote.ID = "edn1";
            endnote.Citation = "i";
            endnote.Add(noteBody2);

            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.Add("This paragraph has an endnote");
            p2.Add(endnote);
            p2.Add(".");
            doc.Body.Add(p2);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim noteBody1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        noteBody1.Add("This is the footnote text.")

        Dim footnote As Note = New Note
        footnote.NoteClass = NoteClass.Footnote
        footnote.ID = "ftn1"
        footnote.Citation = "1"
        footnote.Add(noteBody1)

        Dim p1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        p1.Add("This paragraph has a footnote")
        p1.Add(footnote)
        p1.Add(".")
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        Dim noteBody2 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        noteBody2.Add("This is the endnote text.")

        Dim endnote As Note = New Note
        endnote.NoteClass = NoteClass.Endnote
        endnote.ID = "edn1"
        endnote.Citation = "i"
        endnote.Add(noteBody2)

        Dim p2 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        p2.Add("This paragraph has an endnote")
        p2.Add(endnote)
        p2.Add(".")
        doc.Body.Add(p2)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)
    End Sub
End Module

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