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Lumen/Guide: How to Add/Edit/Delete Footnotes (Table Help)

How to set up, edit, or remove footnote tables.

Important FYI regarding footnotes

  • Utilizing footnotes requires the use of two types of tables:
    1. Course List (identifying content that requires a footnote)
    2. Footnote Table (the table where you can add the additional context)
  • Footnotes do not auto-adjust if revised; if you change a footnote in a course list, you must change it in the footnote table.
  • Consider using a single footnote table at the bottom of a page (opposed to utilizing a footnote as an end note).
  • Use only numbers for footnotes, as best practice (as opposed to asterisks)
  • Footnotes are inaccessible, thus the use must be minimized wherever possible.
  • Footnotes must only be used for content that, if missed, would not change the meaning of the text.
  • Requirements/Exlusions must not be listed in footnotes.

Course List tables

  • Adding a footnote number in a course list does not automatically take an end user to the footnote table with the explanation text (accessibility).
  • Footnotes can be used on headers, text, or courses.
  • If there are multiple footnotes throughout a page separated by headers, consider continuing the numbers as you progress through the page. This prevents having multiple footnote tables with the same numbers (this can be confusing).
  • The footnote field in the course list should only have number characters. The text of a footnote must be in the footnote table.

Footnote Tables

  • Important information, such as program requirements, should not be hidden in a footnote.
  • Footnotes are intended for additional information that is helpful, but if missed will not be a detriment to program completion.

Examples of Footnote table

Step-by-Step instructions



Keywords:
Footnote, Table help, footnotes, footnote table 
Doc ID:
121681
Owned by:
Melissa S. in Lumen and Guide
Created:
2022-10-04
Updated:
2025-01-03
Sites:
Lumen and Guide