Footnotes, headers, and Word tracked changes
Footnotes and endnotes
Revise now supports footnotes and endnotes — both at once, like Word. Insert them from the Insert menu: footnotes pin to the bottom of the page they're referenced on (numbered 1, 2, 3), while endnotes gather on their own page at the end of the document (numbered i, ii, iii). Numbering stays correct automatically as you write, reorder, and delete.
When your cursor lands on a note's superscript number, a small card pops up so you can edit the note in place without scrolling away. The AI agent can insert and manage notes too — ask it to "add a footnote citing the source" and it will.
Headers, footers, and page numbers
Double-click the top or bottom margin of any page to edit its header or footer, right on the page — just like Word. Each band has three zones (left, center, right) that grow and shrink to fit what you put in them, and everything you know from body text works there: fonts, bold, colors, selection, undo.
Page numbers are now real header/footer content. Put one anywhere with Insert → Page #, or type {PAGE} and {PAGES} in the Layout → Headers & Footers dialog for formats like "Page 3 of 12". Different first-page headers are supported, and the AI agent can set all of this up for you — "put the document title in the header and page numbers bottom right" just works.
Word compatibility, seriously
This release closes the gap on the .docx features professionals rely on:
- Tracked changes: Suggestions made in Revise export as real Word tracked changes (with author and timestamp), and tracked changes in imported documents become Revise suggestions you can accept or reject. Redlines survive the round trip in both directions.
- Footnotes, endnotes, headers, and footers all import from and export to .docx faithfully — including page number fields.
- Comments (including threads and resolved state) and text in boxes are preserved through import and export, so nothing gets lost when a document passes through Revise on its way back to Word.
And a small quality-of-life note: the font menu's Load all system fonts option (added alongside the recent fonts release) means your headers, footers, and notes render in your real typefaces too — on screen and in exported PDFs.