Insert footnotes and endnotes — AI Prompts for Microsoft Word

The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

Add footnotes for three in-line citations in the Methods section. Use numeric footnotes that appear…

Add footnotes for three in-line citations in the Methods section. Use numeric footnotes that appear at the bottom of the page where each citation occurs. If a source is cited more than once, use the same footnote number and a cross-reference rather than duplicating content. For the appendix, convert its citations to endnotes and place them at the end of the document.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I send this legal brief to counsel, make the notes easier to follow. Keep procedural…

Before I send this legal brief to counsel, make the notes easier to follow. Keep procedural citations as footnotes on the page, move lengthy explanatory notes to endnotes, and flag any footnote that exceeds 40 words so we can inline or shorten it. Point out duplicated citations that should reference the same note number.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

I inserted a new footnote in the introduction and saw the footnote numbers on later pages shift…

I added a footnote and the numbering sequence skipped a number on the next page.

I inserted a new footnote in the introduction and saw the footnote numbers on later pages shift unexpectedly, leaving a gap and breaking the cross-references. The court filing deadline is tomorrow and I cannot run a full document rebuild. What likely caused the numbering gap, how can I restore consecutive numbering quickly without losing content, and what check ensures printed pages match the on-screen numbers?

Become — change the pattern

In successive revisions of our client memos we break footnote sequences whenever we cut and paste…

We repeatedly get footnote numbering wrong after edits.

In successive revisions of our client memos we break footnote sequences whenever we cut and paste sections. This wastes hours reconciling numbers before final printing. What single drafting habit should we adopt to stop breaking note numbering, and what short routine will catch misnumbered or orphaned notes before submission?

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