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title: Using Footnotes
description: Learn how to add, edit, delete, and preview footnotes in Cadmus.
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# Using Footnotes
## Learn how to use and manage footnotes in Cadmus.
In Cadmus, you can add footnotes to your assessments for in-text citations. Currently, Cadmus supports the following reference styles with footnotes:
- AGLC
- Chicago - Notes and Bibliography
- MHRA
- OSCOLA
Footnoting will be available if your teacher has selected one of the supported reference styles for your assessment. You can check which reference style has been set in the *Instructions* tab of your assessment.
This article covers how to:
1. [Add footnotes](https://support.cadmus.io/students/adding-footnotes#Add_footnotes)
2. [Edit footnotes](https://support.cadmus.io/students/adding-footnotes#Edit_Footnote)
3. [Delete footnotes](https://support.cadmus.io/students/adding-footnotes#delete-footnotes)
4. [Previewing footnotes](https://support.cadmus.io/students/adding-footnotes#previewing-footnotes)
### **Adding, editing and deleting footnotes**
Footnotes can be added, edited, and deleted from your assessment using the Formatting toolbar and the *Footnote Editor* panel on the right side of the workspace.
Cadmus handles the numbering of footnotes automatically. Adding or deleting an existing footnote will automatically reorder the remaining footnotes.
**To add footnotes**
1. Click within the assessment content where you wish to add a footnote.
2. Click on the **Insert Footnote** button on the *Formatting toolbar*.
3. A superscript in-text citation number will be inserted at this location in the assessment content. The *Footnote Editor* panel will open and a new numbered footnote will be added, corresponding with the in-text citation number.
4. Clickon the footnote in the *Footnote Editor* panel.
5. Add or paste in the footnote content.
**TIP**: The *Footnote Editor* panel can be minimised by clicking the X **icon** to provide a larger, uninterrupted workspace.
**To edit footnotes**
In the *Footnote Editor* panel:
1. Click on the footnote you would like to edit.
2. Edit the footnote or paste it into a new one.
**TIP**: To highlight a footnote in the assessment content, click on its corresponding footnote in the *Footnote Editor* panel, or vice versa.
**To delete footnotes**
In the *Footnote Editor* panel:
1. Click on the **× icon** in the top right of the footnote.
2. This will automatically reorder the numbering of all other footnotes.
In the assessment body:
1. Highlight the superscript in-text citation number in the assessment content that you wish to remove.
2. Backspace or delete the superscript in the in-text citation number.
3. This will automatically reorder the numbering of all other footnotes.
### **Previewing footnotes**
[In Cadmus, there are no pages](https://support.cadmus.io/students/pages-in-cadmus?hsLang=en). If a footnoting reference style is selected, footnotes will be automatically placed in the appropriate location in your submission.
**To preview footnotes**
1. Click on the **Review to Submit** button at the top right of the workspace.
2. On the *Preview* and *Final Submission* page, all footnotes will appear at the bottom of the pages in the submission preview.
**NOTE**: By default, footnotes are excluded from the word count. Unless including footnotes in the word limit is enabled by the teaching team, the word count displayed in your assessment reflects only the main body text.
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