October 2011
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
8h 15m
English
book
IBM Style Guide, The: Conventions for Writers and Editors
by Francis DeRespinis, Peter Hayward, Jana Jenkins, Amy Laird, Leslie McDonald, Eric Radzinski
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Chapter 5. References
Use footnotes, cross-references, and links to point readers to useful, related information.
Footnotes
Avoid using footnotes; often, you can use a short parenthetical phrase or sentence instead of a footnote. Use a footnote only when including information inline disrupts continuity.
Footnotes in printed information
In printed information, use a superscript numeral to denote a footnote, and number footnotes sequentially throughout the information. If the information is divided into sections or chapters, restart the numbering in each section or chapter. If a superscript numeral might be mistaken for a mathematical symbol, use a dagger (†) if it is available, rather than a numeral or an asterisk.
Place a footnote number at the ...