This simple type specifies the possible types of footnotes and endnotes which may be specified in a WordprocessingML document.

[Example: Consider a document with a single footnote at the bottom of the first page. This footnote shall be separated from the text by the separator footnote (the footnote explicitly used to separate text from the footnote list (circled in red below):

This footnote type would be declared as follows in the WordprocessingML:

<w:footnote w:type="separator" w:id="0">

…

</w:footnote>

In this example, the footnote has a type value of separator, specifies when this footnote shall be used. end example]

This simple type's contents are a restriction of the XML Schema string datatype.

The following are possible enumeration values for this type:

Enumeration Value	Description
continuationNotice (Continuation Notice Separator)	Specifies that this footnote or endnote is a continuation notice footnote or endnote. Continuation notice footnotes and endnotes are used when the footnotes or endnotes exceed the length allowed on a single page. When this happens, this footnote or endnote shall be placed on the bottom of each page where the note shall continue to indicate that fact to the reader.
continuationSeparator (Continuation Separator)	Specifies that this footnote or endnote is a continuation separator footnote or endnote. Continuation separator footnotes and endnotes are used when the footnotes or endnotes exceed the length allowed on a single page. When this happens, this footnote or endnote shall be placed between the main text contents and the continued footnotes/endnotes on all subsequent pages of the document.
normal (Normal Footnote/Endnote)	Specifies that this footnote or endnote is a normal footnote or endnote, and can be referenced by main document content.
separator (Separator)	Specifies that this footnote or endnote is a separator footnote or endnote. Separator footnotes and endnotes are used to indicate the separation between the main document's content and the footnotes or endnotes to indicate that fact to the reader.

Referenced By

endnote@type (§2.11.2); footnote@type (§2.11.10)

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:

</restriction>

</simpleType>