Footnotes for an academic paper?

Question

I have finished writing a paper, with several pages of endnotes. All of the pages are numbered in sequence. However, there are some "mistakes" pages between the end of the text and the beginning of the endnotes. These page numbers for these pages immediately follows the text. I would like to bring the endnotes up so that they start on the page immediately following the text. If I can't do that, I would like to erase the page numbers on those "mistakes" pages in the middle, so that the numbering sequence goes from the text immediately to the endnotes.

Answer 1

You didn't say what word processor you are using, but most of the fancier ones have a way of setting or resetting the page number - like when a book gets so big you divide it into two files and start the second file on page 300
Word 2003 Help says this
Specify how to start or restart page numbering
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If you haven't done so already, insert a section break (section break: A mark you insert to show the end of a section. A section break stores the section formatting elements, such as the margins, page orientation, headers and footers, and sequence of page numbers.) where you want to start page numbering.
How?

Click where you want to insert a section break.
On the Insert menu, click Break.
Under Section break types, click the option that describes where you want the new section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) to begin.
Note If you have already inserted a page break (page break: The point at which one page ends and another begins. Microsoft Word inserts an "automatic" (or soft) page break for you, or you can force a page break at a specific location by inserting a "manual" (or hard) page break.) to cause a chapter to start on a new page, delete the page break and replace it with a section break that starts on a new page.

Do any of the following:
Start page numbering with 1 after the first page

For example, you can omit page numbers for the document's title page or introduction and then start page numbering later in the document.

Click in the section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in which you want to start page numbering.
On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
If you want to position the page numbers at the bottom of the page, click Switch Between Header and Footer on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
If a header or footer has been defined for a previous section in the document, click Link to Previous on the Header and Footer toolbar to break the connection between the header or footer in the current section and the previous section.
If there's already text in the header or footer that you don't want, delete the text before inserting the page number.
On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
Click Format.
In the Start at box, enter 1.
Start page numbering with a number other than 1

For example, you can number pages without a break in numbering between multiple documents by numbering the first document 1 through 20 and the second document 21 through 40.

Click in the section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in which you want to change the starting page number.
On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
Click Format.
In the Start at box, enter a number.
Restart page numbering with 1 for each chapter or section

For example, you can number the first chapter 1 through 5 and the second chapter 1 through 8. Or, number the table of contents i through iv and the rest of the document 1 through 25.

Click in a section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) or select multiple sections in which you want to restart page numbering.
On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
Click Format.
In the Start at box, enter 1.


See Also
Add page numbers and other information
Display or hide the page number on the first page
Format page numbers
Restart page numbering for each chapter
Troubleshoot page numbers and line numbers