Definition of Footer

The footer is a tool which is widely used in the fields academic Y literary and it also has it in those cases of those who make written reports, for their work for example, and who present a significant amount of data and information that often requires their appearance in the so-called feet page.

Meanwhile, these footnotes usually include data, clarifications, comments, exemplifications, editors' notes and translations, among others.

It is called a footnote not whimsically but because it is located precisely at the bottom of a page, towards the end of it, because the idea is to mark the difference and the separation that the footers have with respect to the body of the text That accompany.

Now the independence It is not total since they always refer to some question that is addressed in the aforementioned text and that It is considered that it can be interesting and add to the above, or clarify some aspect to facilitate the understanding but if it is done in the body of the text it would not be convenient.

As we already said, the footer is placed at the end of a page, meanwhile, each footer needs a notice, of a call, which appears in the text corresponding to the page on which it appears and which may consist of an asterisk (*) or a number (1, 2, 3, etc.).
Another differential feature of footers, in addition to those mentioned for location and callouts, is the size of the page. lyrics with which they are written, much smaller than the one presented in the text in general. Sometimes it is even difficult to reading of some footnotes due to how small the letter is.

It is also important that we mention, as advice, for those who do some work and have the incorporation of footnotes, do not abuse them, because this could threaten the fluidity of the reading. That is, the footer is valid when it fulfills its function and it is not necessary to use it for its own sake.