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Use footnotes for references and margin notes for short editorial context.

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Footnotes

footnotes.tex
This sentence has a footnote.\footnote{Footnote text with citation or context.}

Another note can reference prior work.\footnote{See also Section~\ref{sec:methods}.}

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Margin Notes

marginnote.tex
\usepackage{marginnote}

Main text paragraph.\marginnote{Short side comment}

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Styling Footnotes

footnote-style.tex
\usepackage[hang,flushmargin]{footmisc}
\setlength{\footnotemargin}{0.8em}

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Best Practices

  • Keep footnotes short and specific.
  • Do not stack multiple long footnotes in one paragraph.
  • Use margin notes for quick guidance, not primary content.