How to Create FootNotes

Indicate notes in the text of your paper by using consecutive superscript numbers. The actual note is indented and can occur as a footnote at the bottom of the page. In a footnote referencing system, indicate a reference by:

 

• putting a small number above the line of type directly following the source material. This number is called a note identifier. It sits slightly above the line of text.

 

• putting the same number, followed by a citation of your source, at the bottom of the page. Footnoting should be numerical and chronological: the first reference is 1, the second is 2, and so on. The advantage of footnoting is that the reader can simply cast their eyes down the page to discover the source of a reference which interests them.
• With the release of Aspose.Pdf version 3.4 it provides the facility to add footnotes at the bottom of the page.

 

The Structure of the FootNote is shown in the diagram below:

 

 

Please follow the following steps to create a FootNote:

 

• Create a Section
• Create a Text paragraph
• Create a Segment that will have a property Name FootNote
• Create an object of FootNote class and assign it to Segment Object defined above.
• Add this Segment to Text object and then Text to Section

 

The following example demonstrates how to add Footnotes to the bottom of the Pdf page.

 

Code Snippet

 

[C#]

 

Pdf pdf = new Pdf();

 

//Create Section

Section sec = pdf.Sections.Add();

 

//Create Text Paragraph

Text text = new Text();                               

 

//Create Segment

Segment segment = new Segment("This is the First Segment");

 

//Create FootNote and Assign FootNote property of Segment to its object

segment.FootNote = new FootNote("Footnotes for First Segment");

 

//Add Segment in Text Paragraph

text.Segments.Add(segment);

 

 

//Add Text in Section

sec.Paragraphs.Add(text);

 

 

//Save the Pdf

pdf.Save("D:/AsposeTest/FootNotedemo.pdf");

 

 

[VB.NET]

 

Dim pdf As Pdf = New Pdf

 

'Create Section

Dim sec As Section = pdf.Sections.Add

 

'Create Text Paragraph

Dim text As Text = New Text

 

'Create Segment

Dim segment As Segment = New Segment("This is the First Segment")

 

'Create FootNote and Assign FootNote property of Segment to its object

segment.FootNote = New FootNote("Footnotes for First Segment")

 

'Add Segment in Text Paragraph

text.Segments.Add(segment)

 

'Add Text in Section

sec.Paragraphs.Add(text)

 

'Save the Pdf

pdf.Save("D:/AsposeTest/FootNotedemo.pdf")

 

To create FootNotes using the XML. Please check the following:

 

[XML]

 

   <Section PageWidth="595.3" PageHeight="841.9" PageMarginTop="72" PageMarginBottom="72" PageMarginLeft="90" PageMarginRight="90" IsNewPage="true">

    <Text IsSpaced="true" Alignment="Justify" LineSpacing="1.58" ID="paraId_1">

      <Segment FontName="Times New Roman">this is the first segment</Segment>

      <Segment>

              <FootNote>

                      <Segment>note for first</Segment>

              </FootNote>

      </Segment>

      <Segment FontName="Times New Roman">this is the second segment</Segment>

      <Segment FontName="Times New Roman">this is the third segment</Segment>

      <Segment>

              <FootNote>

                      <Segment>note for third</Segment>

              </FootNote>

      </Segment>    

    </Text>

  </Section>

 

To get further details about FootNotes please visit our online API documents.