Create footnote

The following example shows you how to add a footnote.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.FootnoteEndnote;

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

            Footnote footnote1 = new Footnote(1);
            FootnoteReference footnoteReference = new FootnoteReference(1);

            Run footnoteRun1 = new Run();
            footnoteRun1.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Superscript;
            footnoteRun1.AddFootnoteReferenceMark();

            Run footnoteRun2 = new Run();
            footnoteRun2.AddText("Footnote text.");
            
            Paragraph footnoteParagraph = new Paragraph();
            footnoteParagraph.Add(footnoteRun1);
            footnoteParagraph.Add(footnoteRun2);

            footnote1.Content.Add(footnoteParagraph);

            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.AddText("Hello Word");
            
            Run footnoteReferenceRun = new Run();
            footnoteReferenceRun.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Superscript;
            footnoteReferenceRun.Add(footnoteReference);

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.Add(run1);
            paragraph1.Add(footnoteReferenceRun);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph1);
            doc.Footnotes.Add(footnote1);

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

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word.FootnoteEndnote

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        Dim footnote1 As Footnote = New Footnote(1)
        Dim footnoteReference As FootnoteReference = New FootnoteReference(1)

        Dim footnoteRun1 As Run = New Run
        footnoteRun1.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Superscript
        footnoteRun1.AddFootnoteReferenceMark()

        Dim footnoteRun2 As Run = New Run
        footnoteRun2.AddText("Footnote text.")

        Dim footnoteParagraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        footnoteParagraph.Add(footnoteRun1)
        footnoteParagraph.Add(footnoteRun2)

        footnote1.Content.Add(footnoteParagraph)

        Dim run1 As Run = New Run
        run1.AddText("Hello Word")

        Dim footnoteReferenceRun As Run = New Run
        footnoteReferenceRun.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Superscript
        footnoteReferenceRun.Add(footnoteReference)

        Dim paragraph1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        paragraph1.Add(run1)
        paragraph1.Add(footnoteReferenceRun)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph1)
        doc.Footnotes.Add(footnote1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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