# FootnoteCollection.StartNumber Property

> Gets or sets the number for the first footnote.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 32.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > FootnoteCollection.StartNumber Property
- **573 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/footnotecollection/startnumber-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/footnotecollection/startnumber-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/footnotecollection/startnumber-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the number for the first footnote.

### Syntax

```csharp
public int StartNumber { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property StartNumber As Integer
```

### Examples

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

```csharp
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.StartNumber = 1;
Console.WriteLine($"Start Number used by Footnote Collection: {footnoteCollection.StartNumber}");
```

```vbnet
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.StartNumber = 1
Console.WriteLine($"Start Number used by Footnote Collection: {footnoteCollection.StartNumber}")
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [FootnoteCollection.Remove Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/footnotecollection/remove-method/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [FootnoteEventArgs Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/footnoteeventargs/llms-full.txt)