Description

Gets or sets the footnotes' number format. The property's value is a member of the NumberFormat enumeration.

Syntax

public NumberFormat NumberFormat { get; set; }

Public Property NumberFormat As NumberFormat

Members

Value	Description
ArabicNumbers	The footnote numbers are displayed with Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3...).
Letters	The footnote numbers are displayed with letters (a, b, c...).
CapitalLetters	The footnote numbers are displayed with capital letters (A, B, C...).
RomanNumbers	The footnote numbers are displayed with Roman numbers (I, II, III...).
SmallRomanNumbers	The footnote numbers are displayed with small Roman numbers (i, ii, iii...).

Examples

The following example works with footnotes in the current document by using FootnoteCollection.NumberFormat.

textControl.Text = "Customer: Contoso Ltd.";
textControl.Select(10, 12);
FootnoteCollection footnoteCollection = textControl.Footnotes;
footnoteCollection.Add(new Footnote("Source: FY 2026 annual report") { ID = 100 }, false);

footnoteCollection.NumberFormat = NumberFormat.ArabicNumbers;
Console.WriteLine($"Number Format used by Footnote Collection: {footnoteCollection.NumberFormat}");

textControl.Text = "Customer: Contoso Ltd."
textControl.Select(10, 12)
Dim footnoteCollection As FootnoteCollection = textControl.Footnotes
footnoteCollection.Add(New Footnote("Source: FY 2026 annual report") With { .ID = 100 }, False)

footnoteCollection.NumberFormat = NumberFormat.ArabicNumbers
Console.WriteLine($"Number Format used by Footnote Collection: {footnoteCollection.NumberFormat}")