start_number property

FootnoteOptions.start_number property

Specifies the starting number or character for the first automatically numbered footnotes.

@property
def start_number(self) -> int:
    ...

@start_number.setter
def start_number(self, value: int):
    ...

Remarks

This property has effect only when FootnoteOptions.restart_rule is set to FootnoteNumberingRule.CONTINUOUS.

Examples

Shows how to set a number at which the document begins the footnote/endnote count.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
# Footnotes and endnotes are a way to attach a reference or a side comment to text
# that does not interfere with the main body text's flow.
# Inserting a footnote/endnote adds a small superscript reference symbol
# at the main body text where we insert the footnote/endnote.
# Each footnote/endnote also creates an entry, which consists of a symbol
# that matches the reference symbol in the main body text.
# The reference text that we pass to the document builder's "InsertEndnote" method.
# Footnote entries, by default, show up at the bottom of each page that contains
# their reference symbols, and endnotes show up at the end of the document.
builder.write('Text 1. ')
builder.insert_footnote(footnote_type=aw.notes.FootnoteType.FOOTNOTE, footnote_text='Footnote 1.')
builder.write('Text 2. ')
builder.insert_footnote(footnote_type=aw.notes.FootnoteType.FOOTNOTE, footnote_text='Footnote 2.')
builder.write('Text 3. ')
builder.insert_footnote(footnote_type=aw.notes.FootnoteType.FOOTNOTE, footnote_text='Footnote 3.')
builder.insert_paragraph()
builder.write('Text 1. ')
builder.insert_footnote(footnote_type=aw.notes.FootnoteType.ENDNOTE, footnote_text='Endnote 1.')
builder.write('Text 2. ')
builder.insert_footnote(footnote_type=aw.notes.FootnoteType.ENDNOTE, footnote_text='Endnote 2.')
builder.write('Text 3. ')
builder.insert_footnote(footnote_type=aw.notes.FootnoteType.ENDNOTE, footnote_text='Endnote 3.')
# By default, the reference symbol for each footnote and endnote is its index
# among all the document's footnotes/endnotes. Each document maintains separate counts
# for footnotes and for endnotes, which both begin at 1.
self.assertEqual(1, doc.footnote_options.start_number)
self.assertEqual(1, doc.endnote_options.start_number)
# We can use the "StartNumber" property to get the document to
# begin a footnote or endnote count at a different number.
doc.endnote_options.number_style = aw.NumberStyle.ARABIC
doc.endnote_options.start_number = 50
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'InlineStory.StartNumber.docx')

See Also

FootnoteOptions.restart_rule property