How do I use footnotes on microsoft word?

Need to have footnotes for english assignment. Don't understand how i can put them in my work.

Word has a very good footnote system that will automatically maintain the numbering sequence no matter what you do to the footnotes. It will also do its darnedest to keep the footnotes on the page (and out of the footer, too), as well as give them a format different from the normal text.

To put in a Word footnote:

1. Position the cursor where you want the footnote reference to go.
2. Click on the Insert->Reference->Footnote menu item.
3. Click Insert.
4. Type the footnote.

The footnotes are best viewed in Print Layout view, at least until you get used to how they work.

Hope that helps.

Go to "View" then "Header and Footer". Then a task pane will come up and click on the one that says "switch between header and footer" (looks like a page with a yellow box on top and another one at the bottom) to switch from header to footer.

EDIT - doh... i just realised i misread your question.... right for footnotes I'm not 100% sure but try "insert" then "autotext" then " header and footer" and then it will give you the options

Go to Insert in your tool bar, then down and click on Footnotes. Select custom and click ok. Then you will see at the bottom of the page where you can enter your footnotes.

This page is very helpful...
http://office.microsoft.com/training/tra...

In general...
Place the cursor where you want the footnote number.
On the Insert menu, point to Reference, and then click Footnote.
In the Start at box, enter the starting number you want.
In the Numbering box, click Continuous.
Click Insert.

Hope it helps.