Implementing footnotes in LaTeX - how it works

Footnotes are used for cross-references in scientific papers and some other documents. Sources can be explained in more detail, page references are inserted and much more. Within LaTeX, a footnote can be created in a few simple steps and then filled with content.

How to implement

To have footnotes in your document, you need some commands. However, a few more steps are needed for more precise formatting.

1. Start LaTeX and open the document you want to edit.
2. At the very beginning, insert a new line with the content ["\usepackage{endnotes}]. Ignore the square brackets.
3. The next line should now contain [\begin{document}] if you inserted it correctly.
4. Now you also need the command [\let\footnote=\endnote] so that you can define the footnotes more precisely.
5. Inserting a footnote works by [\footnote{text of footnote}]. Of course, at this point you insert the text you want to be in the footnote.
6. By the final command [renewcommand{\notesname}{footnote} \begingroup \parindent 0pt \parskip 2ex \def\enotesize{\normalsize} \theendnotes \endgroup \end{document}] werden alle Fußnoten in das Dokument eingefügt.

Funktioniert das auch mit Kopfzeilen?

1. Nach dem gleichen Prinzip können natürlich auch Kopfzeilen auf den einzelnen Seiten eingefügt werden.
2. Dazu brauchen Sie jedoch das Paket [\usepackage{scrheadings}].
3. Durch diverse Kommandos können Sie sowohl die Position als auch den Inhalt der Kopfzeile für jede einzelne Seite individuell anpassen.