(Actually, since Paper is web-based, footnotes and references would probably appear in the same way.)īut if you really want to make it wonderful, in addition to this it would be great to have formatting for the references according to the styles of the journals.Ī great example of a web-based system for automatically placing references in an online document is the integration between Google Docs and Paperpile. The second step - which all scientists/academics would love* - would be to be able to insert a footnote/reference from PubMed or biorXiv and to give the possibility of having all the references at the end of the text, rather than in footnotes. : Here's one with multiple paragraphs and code. Click your cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a footnote (this way, a notation will automatically be added to the correct spot). Hi I believe that Dropbox Papers runs on a Markdown engine, the minimum level would be to implement the Markdown way to specify footnotes, that is with a code that points to a text (or also a web link) in the footnote: Here's a simple footnote, and here's a longer one. Position the cursor where you would like the footnote symbol or no number to appear 2.

How to add a footnote in google docs