diff --git a/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte b/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte
index 46e6be3..b67c962 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte
@@ -1725,6 +1725,30 @@
           <path d="M12.5 3.5h1.5M13.5 6.5H14M12 9.5h2M12.5 12.5H14" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
         </svg>
       </button>
+      <button
+        onclick={() => editor?.chain().focus().insertNote('footnote').run()}
+        disabled={!!hfActive}
+        title={hfActive ? t().toolbarExpanded.noteNotInHf : `${t().toolbarExpanded.insertFootnote} (${shortcutHint('footnote')})`}
+        aria-label={t().toolbarExpanded.insertFootnote}
+      >
+        <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+          <path d="M2 2.5h12M2 5h12M2 7.5h7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
+          <path d="M2 11h4.5" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
+          <path d="M2 13.5h9" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
+        </svg>
+      </button>
+      <button
+        onclick={() => editor?.chain().focus().insertNote('endnote').run()}
+        disabled={!!hfActive}
+        title={hfActive ? t().toolbarExpanded.noteNotInHf : `${t().toolbarExpanded.insertEndnote} (${shortcutHint('endnote')})`}
+        aria-label={t().toolbarExpanded.insertEndnote}
+      >
+        <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+          <path d="M2 2.5h12M2 5h12M2 7.5h7" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
+          <path d="M2 10.5h12" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
+          <path d="M2 13.5h9" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" />
+        </svg>
+      </button>
       <div class="link-wrap" use:linkClickOutside>
         <button
           class:active={isLink}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ribbon/icons.ts b/src/lib/components/ribbon/icons.ts
index 2f414e0..692a9f4 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ribbon/icons.ts
+++ b/src/lib/components/ribbon/icons.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ export const STROKED = {
   link: ['M6.6 9.4 9.4 6.6', 'M7.4 4.4 9 2.8a2.7 2.7 0 0 1 3.8 3.8l-1.6 1.6', 'M8.6 11.6 7 13.2a2.7 2.7 0 0 1-3.8-3.8l1.6-1.6'],
   bookmark: ['M4 2.25h8v11.5L8 10.5l-4 3.25z'],
   crossRef: ['M2.5 3.5h6M2.5 6.5h4M2.5 9.5h5', 'M8.5 12.5h5M11 10l2.5 2.5L11 15'],
+  // Body text over a short rule with one note line under it — the footnote area as it
+  // is drawn; the endnote's rule runs the full width, because the page ends there.
+  footnote: ['M2 2.5h12M2 5h12M2 7.5h7', 'M2 11h4.5', 'M2 13.5h9'],
+  endnote: ['M2 2.5h12M2 5h12M2 7.5h7', 'M2 10.5h12', 'M2 13.5h9'],
   // The whole page with one zone filled in, so which end it is reads at a glance.
   header: ['M3.5 1.75h9v12.5h-9z', 'M5.4 7.8h5.2M5.4 9.9h5.2M5.4 12h3.1'],
   footer: ['M3.5 1.75h9v12.5h-9z', 'M5.4 4h5.2M5.4 6.1h5.2M5.4 8.2h3.1'],
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/ReferencesTab.svelte b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/ReferencesTab.svelte
index 0e7c0ee..ea4ff76 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/ReferencesTab.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ribbon/tabs/ReferencesTab.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   import { anchored, clickOutside, isMenuOpen, toggleMenu, closeMenu } from '../menu.svelte';
   import type { HfZone } from '../../../storage/headerFooter';
   import { t } from '../../../i18n/i18n.svelte';
+  import { shortcutHint } from '../../../editor/shortcuts';
 
   let { editor, tick, hfActive = null }: {
     editor: Editor | null;
@@ -62,6 +63,24 @@
   </div>
 </RibbonGroup>
 
+<RibbonGroup label={t().ribbon.groups.notes}>
+  <RibbonButton
+    variant="big"
+    icon="footnote"
+    label={t().ribbon.footnote}
+    title={hfActive ? t().toolbarExpanded.noteNotInHf : `${t().toolbarExpanded.insertFootnote} (${shortcutHint('footnote')})`}
+    disabled={!editor || !!hfActive}
+    onclick={() => editor?.chain().focus().insertNote('footnote').run()}
+  />
+  <RibbonButton
+    icon="endnote"
+    label={t().ribbon.endnote}
+    title={hfActive ? t().toolbarExpanded.noteNotInHf : `${t().toolbarExpanded.insertEndnote} (${shortcutHint('endnote')})`}
+    disabled={!editor || !!hfActive}
+    onclick={() => editor?.chain().focus().insertNote('endnote').run()}
+  />
+</RibbonGroup>
+
 <style>
   .rb-menu-wrap { position: relative; }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
index 0d43fcf..f0f969c 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
@@ -55,13 +55,15 @@ import { TextBox } from './extensions/textBox';
 import { Columns } from './extensions/columns';
 import { ColumnsFlow } from './extensions/columnsFlow';
 import { TableOfContents } from './extensions/tableOfContents';
+import { Note, NoteRef, NoteSection, Notes } from './extensions/notes';
 import { Shortcuts } from './extensions/shortcuts';
 import { styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
+import { noteSettings } from '../storage/notes.svelte';
 
 export const extensions = [
   // textBox and columns have their own groups so only the document (not
-  // cells/lists/boxes) admits them.
-  Document.extend({ content: '(block | textBox | columns)+' }),
+  // cells/lists/boxes) admits them; the note section is last or nowhere.
+  Document.extend({ content: '(block | textBox | columns)+ noteSection?' }),
   Paragraph,
   Text,
   Bold,
@@ -111,6 +113,13 @@ export const extensions = [
   // Generated table of contents from headings; round-trips to ODF
   // <text:table-of-content> (export/odt.ts, import/odt.ts) and a DOCX TOC field.
   TableOfContents,
+  // Footnotes and endnotes: the anchor rides the text, the note text lives in the one
+  // noteSection at the document end. pageBreaks.ts lifts a footnote to the foot of its
+  // anchor's page. Round-trips to ODF <text:note> and DOCX word/footnotes.xml.
+  NoteRef,
+  Note,
+  NoteSection,
+  Notes.configure({ settings: () => noteSettings() }),
   LineHeight,
   ParagraphSpacing,
   // Paragraph background ("colored field") + borders ("colored rule line"); round-trips
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions/notes.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions/notes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..467899d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions/notes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+import { Extension, Node, mergeAttributes } from '@tiptap/core';
+import { Plugin, PluginKey, TextSelection } from '@tiptap/pm/state';
+import type { EditorState, Transaction } from '@tiptap/pm/state';
+import type { Node as PMNode } from '@tiptap/pm/model';
+import { DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS } from '../shortcuts';
+import { formatOrdinal } from '../../utils/orderedListTypes';
+import { DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS, type NoteKind, type NoteSettings } from '../../storage/noteSettings';
+
+// Footnotes and endnotes. The anchor (`noteRef`) rides the text; the note text itself is
+// a block in the single `noteSection` at the document end, kept in anchor order by the
+// sync plugin below. Footnotes are lifted to the foot of their page by pageBreaks.ts,
+// endnotes stay in flow — which is where LibreOffice puts them. See
+// docs/architecture/notes.md.
+
+export type { NoteKind };
+
+const KINDS: NoteKind[] = ['footnote', 'endnote'];
+
+const readKind = (v: unknown): NoteKind => (v === 'endnote' ? 'endnote' : 'footnote');
+
+let idCounter = 0;
+export function newNoteId(): string {
+  idCounter += 1;
+  return `n${Date.now().toString(36)}${idCounter.toString(36)}`;
+}
+
+// The label a note shows: its own custom mark where a file gave it one, else the
+// running number in the class's own format, wrapped in the configured prefix/suffix.
+export function noteLabel(index: number, kind: NoteKind, settings: NoteSettings, custom?: string | null): string {
+  if (custom) return custom;
+  const s = settings[kind];
+  return `${s.prefix}${formatOrdinal(s.startAt + index, s.numFormat)}${s.suffix}`;
+}
+
+declare module '@tiptap/core' {
+  interface Commands<ReturnType> {
+    notes: {
+      insertNote: (kind: NoteKind) => ReturnType;
+      goToNote: (id: string) => ReturnType;
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export const NoteRef = Node.create({
+  name: 'noteRef',
+  group: 'inline',
+  inline: true,
+  atom: true,
+
+  addAttributes() {
+    return {
+      id: {
+        default: '',
+        parseHTML: (el) => el.getAttribute('data-note-ref') || '',
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => ({ 'data-note-ref': String(attrs.id ?? '') }),
+      },
+      kind: {
+        default: 'footnote' as NoteKind,
+        parseHTML: (el) => readKind(el.getAttribute('data-note-kind')),
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => ({ 'data-note-kind': readKind(attrs.kind) }),
+      },
+      // The resolved label, cached like a Word field's result so a static render and
+      // the exports read the same number the node view shows.
+      text: {
+        default: '',
+        parseHTML: (el) => el.getAttribute('data-text') ?? el.textContent ?? '',
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => ({ 'data-text': String(attrs.text ?? '') }),
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
+  parseHTML() {
+    return [{ tag: 'sup[data-note-ref]' }];
+  },
+
+  renderHTML({ node, HTMLAttributes }) {
+    return ['sup', mergeAttributes(HTMLAttributes, { class: 'note-ref' }), String(node.attrs.text ?? '')];
+  },
+
+  renderText({ node }) {
+    return String(node.attrs.text ?? '');
+  },
+});
+
+export const Note = Node.create({
+  name: 'note',
+  content: 'inline*',
+  defining: true,
+  isolating: true,
+
+  addAttributes() {
+    return {
+      id: {
+        default: '',
+        parseHTML: (el) => el.getAttribute('data-note-id') || '',
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => ({ 'data-note-id': String(attrs.id ?? '') }),
+      },
+      kind: {
+        default: 'footnote' as NoteKind,
+        parseHTML: (el) => readKind(el.getAttribute('data-note-kind')),
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => ({ 'data-note-kind': readKind(attrs.kind) }),
+      },
+      // A note whose file numbered it by hand (ODF text:note-citation/@text:label,
+      // Word's w:customMarkFollows); null = the running number.
+      label: {
+        default: null as string | null,
+        parseHTML: (el) => el.getAttribute('data-note-label'),
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => (attrs.label ? { 'data-note-label': String(attrs.label) } : {}),
+      },
+      // The marker drawn in front of the text, via editor.css's ::before.
+      text: {
+        default: '',
+        parseHTML: (el) => el.getAttribute('data-note-num') ?? '',
+        renderHTML: (attrs) => ({ 'data-note-num': String(attrs.text ?? '') }),
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
+  parseHTML() {
+    return [{ tag: 'div[data-note-id]' }];
+  },
+
+  renderHTML({ HTMLAttributes }) {
+    return ['div', mergeAttributes(HTMLAttributes, { class: 'note' }), 0];
+  },
+});
+
+export const NoteSection = Node.create({
+  name: 'noteSection',
+  group: 'notes',
+  content: 'note+',
+  isolating: true,
+  selectable: false,
+
+  parseHTML() {
+    return [{ tag: 'div[data-notes]' }];
+  },
+
+  renderHTML({ HTMLAttributes }) {
+    return ['div', mergeAttributes(HTMLAttributes, { 'data-notes': 'true', class: 'note-section' }), 0];
+  },
+});
+
+export type NoteRefInfo = { id: string; kind: NoteKind; pos: number };
+
+// Every anchor in the body, in document order. The note section is skipped: a note's
+// own text may hold an anchor, and that one numbers nothing.
+export function collectNoteRefs(doc: PMNode): NoteRefInfo[] {
+  const out: NoteRefInfo[] = [];
+  doc.forEach((child, offset) => {
+    if (child.type.name === 'noteSection') return;
+    child.descendants((node, pos) => {
+      if (node.type.name === 'noteRef') {
+        out.push({ id: String(node.attrs.id ?? ''), kind: readKind(node.attrs.kind), pos: offset + 1 + pos });
+      }
+    });
+    if (child.type.name === 'noteRef') {
+      out.push({ id: String(child.attrs.id ?? ''), kind: readKind(child.attrs.kind), pos: offset });
+    }
+  });
+  return out;
+}
+
+export function findNoteSection(doc: PMNode): { node: PMNode; pos: number } | null {
+  const last = doc.lastChild;
+  if (!last || last.type.name !== 'noteSection') return null;
+  return { node: last, pos: doc.content.size - last.nodeSize };
+}
+
+// Anchors that ended up inside a note — a paste, since inserting one there is refused.
+// They reference nothing and carry no number, so the sync pass drops them.
+function strayRefsInNotes(doc: PMNode): number[] {
+  const section = findNoteSection(doc);
+  if (!section) return [];
+  const out: number[] = [];
+  section.node.descendants((node, pos) => {
+    if (node.type.name === 'noteRef') out.push(section.pos + 1 + pos);
+  });
+  return out;
+}
+
+export function inNote(state: EditorState): boolean {
+  const $from = state.selection.$from;
+  for (let d = $from.depth; d > 0; d--) if ($from.node(d).type.name === 'note') return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+// Position of the first text place inside the note with this id.
+function noteEntryPos(doc: PMNode, id: string): number | null {
+  const section = findNoteSection(doc);
+  if (!section) return null;
+  let found: number | null = null;
+  section.node.forEach((child, offset) => {
+    if (found === null && String(child.attrs.id ?? '') === id) found = section.pos + offset + 2;
+  });
+  return found;
+}
+
+// The label each anchor shows, keyed by note id: footnotes and endnotes count
+// separately, each from its own start value.
+export function noteLabels(refs: NoteRefInfo[], settings: NoteSettings): Map<string, string> {
+  const seen: Record<NoteKind, number> = { footnote: 0, endnote: 0 };
+  const out = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const ref of refs) {
+    out.set(ref.id, noteLabel(seen[ref.kind], ref.kind, settings));
+    seen[ref.kind] += 1;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+const notesKey = new PluginKey('notes');
+
+export interface NotesOptions {
+  settings: () => NoteSettings;
+}
+
+export const Notes = Extension.create<NotesOptions>({
+  name: 'notes',
+
+  addOptions() {
+    return { settings: () => DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS };
+  },
+
+  addCommands() {
+    return {
+      // Insert the anchor and its (empty) note in one step and drop the cursor into the
+      // note, so the user types where they are looking. The sync plugin only repairs.
+      insertNote:
+        (kind) =>
+        ({ state, dispatch }) => {
+          const schema = state.schema;
+          const refType = schema.nodes.noteRef;
+          const noteType = schema.nodes.note;
+          const sectionType = schema.nodes.noteSection;
+          if (!refType || !noteType || !sectionType) return false;
+          // No note inside a note: LibreOffice and Word both refuse it, and the anchor
+          // would reference a note that can never be numbered.
+          if (inNote(state)) return false;
+          if (!dispatch) return true;
+
+          const id = newNoteId();
+          const tr = state.tr.replaceSelectionWith(refType.create({ id, kind, text: '' }), false);
+
+          // Where the new note belongs: after every note whose anchor precedes this one.
+          const section = findNoteSection(tr.doc);
+          const before = collectNoteRefs(tr.doc).findIndex((r) => r.id === id);
+          const note = noteType.create({ id, kind, text: '' });
+          if (!section) {
+            tr.insert(tr.doc.content.size, sectionType.create(null, note));
+          } else {
+            let offset = section.pos + 1;
+            section.node.forEach((child, childOffset, index) => {
+              if (index < before) offset = section.pos + 1 + childOffset + child.nodeSize;
+            });
+            tr.insert(offset, note);
+          }
+          const entry = noteEntryPos(tr.doc, id);
+          if (entry !== null) tr.setSelection(TextSelection.near(tr.doc.resolve(entry)));
+          dispatch(tr.scrollIntoView());
+          return true;
+        },
+
+      goToNote:
+        (id) =>
+        ({ state, dispatch }) => {
+          const entry = noteEntryPos(state.doc, id);
+          if (entry === null || !dispatch) return entry !== null;
+          dispatch(state.tr.setSelection(TextSelection.near(state.doc.resolve(entry))).scrollIntoView());
+          return true;
+        },
+    };
+  },
+
+  addKeyboardShortcuts() {
+    return {
+      [DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS.footnote]: () => this.editor.commands.insertNote('footnote'),
+      [DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS.endnote]: () => this.editor.commands.insertNote('endnote'),
+    };
+  },
+
+  addProseMirrorPlugins() {
+    const getSettings = () => this.options.settings();
+    return [
+      new Plugin({
+        key: notesKey,
+
+        props: {
+          // Clicking an anchor jumps to its note, the way the TOC's rows jump to their
+          // heading. A note's own marker jumps nowhere — it is where you already are.
+          handleClickOn(view, _pos, node) {
+            if (node.type.name !== 'noteRef') return false;
+            const entry = noteEntryPos(view.state.doc, String(node.attrs.id ?? ''));
+            if (entry === null) return false;
+            view.dispatch(view.state.tr.setSelection(TextSelection.near(view.state.doc.resolve(entry))).scrollIntoView());
+            view.focus();
+            return true;
+          },
+        },
+
+        // Two rounds by design: structure first, numbering on the pass after it. Doing
+        // both at once would need positions from a document this transaction is still
+        // rewriting.
+        appendTransaction(trs, _oldState, newState) {
+          if (!trs.some((tr) => tr.docChanged)) return null;
+          return syncStructure(newState) ?? syncNumbers(newState, getSettings());
+        },
+      }),
+    ];
+  },
+});
+
+// Keep exactly one note per anchor, in anchor order. Returns null when the document
+// already satisfies that, so the pass converges after one repair.
+function syncStructure(state: EditorState): Transaction | null {
+  const noteType = state.schema.nodes.note;
+  const sectionType = state.schema.nodes.noteSection;
+  if (!noteType || !sectionType) return null;
+
+  // Strays first and on their own: they shift every position after them, and the rest
+  // of this pass reads positions out of the document it was handed.
+  const strays = strayRefsInNotes(state.doc);
+  if (strays.length) {
+    const tr = state.tr;
+    for (let i = strays.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) tr.delete(strays[i], strays[i] + 1);
+    return tr.setMeta('addToHistory', false);
+  }
+
+  const refs = collectNoteRefs(state.doc);
+  const section = findNoteSection(state.doc);
+  const existing = new Map<string, PMNode>();
+  section?.node.forEach((child) => existing.set(String(child.attrs.id ?? ''), child));
+
+  const wanted: PMNode[] = [];
+  const reIds: { pos: number; id: string }[] = [];
+  const used = new Set<string>();
+  for (const ref of refs) {
+    // The same id twice means an anchor was copied: the copy earns its own note, a
+    // clone of the one it was duplicated from.
+    if (used.has(ref.id) || !ref.id) {
+      const source = existing.get(ref.id);
+      const id = newNoteId();
+      reIds.push({ pos: ref.pos, id });
+      wanted.push(noteType.create({ ...(source?.attrs ?? {}), id, kind: ref.kind }, source?.content));
+      used.add(id);
+      continue;
+    }
+    const own = existing.get(ref.id);
+    wanted.push(own ?? noteType.create({ id: ref.id, kind: ref.kind }));
+    used.add(ref.id);
+  }
+
+  const currentIds = section ? section.node.children.map((c) => String(c.attrs.id ?? '')) : [];
+  const wantedIds = wanted.map((c) => String(c.attrs.id ?? ''));
+  const sameOrder = currentIds.length === wantedIds.length && currentIds.every((v, i) => v === wantedIds[i]);
+  if (sameOrder && !reIds.length) return null;
+
+  const tr = state.tr;
+  for (const fix of reIds) tr.setNodeAttribute(fix.pos, 'id', fix.id);
+  if (!sameOrder) {
+    if (!wanted.length && section) tr.delete(section.pos, section.pos + section.node.nodeSize);
+    else if (!section) tr.insert(tr.doc.content.size, sectionType.create(null, wanted));
+    else tr.replaceWith(section.pos + 1, section.pos + section.node.nodeSize - 1, wanted);
+  }
+  return tr.setMeta('addToHistory', false);
+}
+
+// Write the running label onto every anchor and its note. Cached attrs, so nothing is
+// dispatched once they agree.
+function syncNumbers(state: EditorState, settings: NoteSettings): Transaction | null {
+  const refs = collectNoteRefs(state.doc);
+  const labels = noteLabels(refs, settings);
+  const section = findNoteSection(state.doc);
+  const tr = state.tr;
+  let changed = false;
+
+  for (const ref of refs) {
+    const label = labels.get(ref.id) ?? '';
+    if (state.doc.nodeAt(ref.pos)?.attrs.text === label) continue;
+    tr.setNodeAttribute(ref.pos, 'text', label);
+    changed = true;
+  }
+  section?.node.forEach((child, offset) => {
+    const own = child.attrs.label ? String(child.attrs.label) : labels.get(String(child.attrs.id ?? '')) ?? '';
+    if (child.attrs.text === own) return;
+    tr.setNodeAttribute(section.pos + 1 + offset, 'text', own);
+    changed = true;
+  });
+
+  return changed ? tr.setMeta('addToHistory', false) : null;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions/trailingNode.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions/trailingNode.ts
index f44d33e..a7b293d 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/extensions/trailingNode.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions/trailingNode.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ export const TrailingNode = Extension.create({
       new Plugin({
         key: trailingNodeKey,
         appendTransaction(_transactions, _oldState, newState) {
-          const last = newState.doc.lastChild;
+          // The note section is not body text and sits past it, so the block that needs
+          // a paragraph under it is the last one before the section.
+          const doc = newState.doc;
+          const notes = doc.lastChild?.type.name === 'noteSection' ? doc.lastChild : null;
+          const end = doc.content.size - (notes?.nodeSize ?? 0);
+          const last = notes ? doc.childBefore(end).node : doc.lastChild;
           if (!last || !NEEDS_TRAILING_AFTER.has(last.type.name)) return null;
           const paragraph = newState.schema.nodes.paragraph;
           if (!paragraph) return null;
-          return newState.tr.insert(newState.doc.content.size, paragraph.create());
+          return newState.tr.insert(end, paragraph.create());
         },
       }),
     ];
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/shortcuts.ts b/src/lib/editor/shortcuts.ts
index 4f0fa76..c107151 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/shortcuts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/shortcuts.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ export const DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS = {
   softHyphen: 'Mod-Shift--',
   dateField: 'Alt-Shift-d',
   timeField: 'Alt-Shift-t',
+  // Word's own note keys. Letters, not digits: the AltGr collision only affects
+  // Mod-Alt-<digit> (see editor/CLAUDE.md).
+  footnote: 'Mod-Alt-f',
+  endnote: 'Mod-Alt-d',
 
   // Application (window keydown in App.svelte)
   open: 'Mod-o',
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
index c0fcb46..804d720 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/de.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ const de: Messages = {
     bookmarkNotInHf: 'Lesezeichen sind in Kopf-/Fußzeilen nicht verfügbar',
     insertCrossRef: 'Querverweis einfügen',
     crossRefNeedsBookmark: 'Erst ein Lesezeichen setzen — ein Querverweis zeigt darauf',
+    insertFootnote: 'Fußnote einfügen',
+    insertEndnote: 'Endnote einfügen',
+    noteNotInHf: 'Notizen sind in Kopf-/Fußzeilen nicht verfügbar',
     clearFormatting: 'Formatierung entfernen',
   },
   image: {
@@ -492,6 +495,7 @@ const de: Messages = {
       symbols: 'Symbole',
       pageSetup: 'Seite einrichten',
       toc: 'Inhaltsverzeichnis',
+      notes: 'Fußnoten',
       proofing: 'Rechtschreibung',
       language: 'Sprache',
       show: 'Anzeigen',
@@ -555,6 +559,9 @@ const de: Messages = {
     toc: 'Inhaltsverzeichnis',
     tocOptions: 'Ebenen',
     tocMaxLevel: 'Tiefste angezeigte Ebene',
+    footnote: 'Fußnote',
+    endnote: 'Endnote',
+    noteOptions: 'Optionen',
     debugDump: 'Dump',
     cellMargins: 'Zellenränder',
     altText: 'Alternativtext',
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
index a0b8ce1..8e79eec 100644
--- a/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ const en = {
     bookmarkNotInHf: 'Bookmarks are not available in headers/footers',
     insertCrossRef: 'Insert cross-reference',
     crossRefNeedsBookmark: 'Add a bookmark first — a cross-reference points at one',
+    insertFootnote: 'Insert footnote',
+    insertEndnote: 'Insert endnote',
+    noteNotInHf: 'Notes are not available in headers/footers',
     clearFormatting: 'Clear formatting',
   },
   image: {
@@ -496,6 +499,7 @@ const en = {
       symbols: 'Symbols',
       pageSetup: 'Page Setup',
       toc: 'Table of Contents',
+      notes: 'Footnotes',
       proofing: 'Proofing',
       language: 'Language',
       show: 'Show',
@@ -559,6 +563,9 @@ const en = {
     toc: 'Table of contents',
     tocOptions: 'Levels',
     tocMaxLevel: 'Deepest level shown',
+    footnote: 'Footnote',
+    endnote: 'Endnote',
+    noteOptions: 'Options',
     debugDump: 'Dump',
     cellMargins: 'Cell margins',
     altText: 'Alt text',
diff --git a/src/lib/storage/noteSettings.ts b/src/lib/storage/noteSettings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4a06a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/storage/noteSettings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import type { OrderedTypeDef } from '../utils/orderedListTypes';
+
+const KEY = 'odf-editor-notes';
+
+// How footnotes and endnotes are numbered and where they sit. Every default here was
+// read out of a document LibreOffice saved (docs/architecture/notes.md) — an
+// editor-only default would land in every imported file as direct formatting.
+
+export type NoteKind = 'footnote' | 'endnote';
+export type NoteNumFormat = OrderedTypeDef['numFormat'];
+// Where the count starts over. 'chapter' is ODF's own third value; nothing restarts
+// it yet, so it round-trips without changing the numbering.
+export type NoteRestart = 'document' | 'page' | 'chapter';
+// A footnote sits at the foot of its page or is collected with the endnotes at the
+// end of the document (LibreOffice's "Collect at end of document").
+export type NotePosition = 'page' | 'document';
+
+export type NoteClassSettings = {
+  numFormat: NoteNumFormat;
+  // The number of the *first* note. ODF stores it 0-based (text:start-value).
+  startAt: number;
+  restart: NoteRestart;
+  position: NotePosition;
+  prefix: string;
+  suffix: string;
+  citationStyle: string;
+  bodyStyle: string;
+};
+
+export type NoteSeparator = {
+  relWidthPercent: number;
+  weightPt: number;
+  spaceAboveCm: number;
+  spaceBelowCm: number;
+  align: 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
+  color: string;
+};
+
+export type NoteSettings = {
+  footnote: NoteClassSettings;
+  endnote: NoteClassSettings;
+  separator: NoteSeparator;
+};
+
+// LibreOffice numbers footnotes arabic and document-wide, endnotes lower roman.
+export const DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS: NoteSettings = {
+  footnote: {
+    numFormat: '1',
+    startAt: 1,
+    restart: 'document',
+    position: 'page',
+    prefix: '',
+    suffix: '',
+    citationStyle: 'Footnote Symbol',
+    bodyStyle: 'Footnote',
+  },
+  endnote: {
+    numFormat: 'i',
+    startAt: 1,
+    restart: 'document',
+    position: 'document',
+    prefix: '',
+    suffix: '',
+    citationStyle: 'Endnote Symbol',
+    bodyStyle: 'Endnote',
+  },
+  // style:footnote-sep as LibreOffice writes it: 0.0071in / 0.0398in.
+  separator: {
+    relWidthPercent: 25,
+    weightPt: 0.5,
+    spaceAboveCm: 0.1,
+    spaceBelowCm: 0.1,
+    align: 'left',
+    color: '#000000',
+  },
+};
+
+// The note text's own size and hanging indent — LibreOffice's Footnote/Endnote
+// paragraph styles, which both exports write out and both imports suppress against.
+export const NOTE_FONT_SIZE_PT = 10;
+export const NOTE_INDENT_CM = 0.6;
+
+const NUM_FORMATS: NoteNumFormat[] = ['1', 'a', 'A', 'i', 'I'];
+
+function clampClass(raw: unknown, fallback: NoteClassSettings): NoteClassSettings {
+  const o = (raw ?? {}) as Partial<NoteClassSettings>;
+  const start = Number(o.startAt);
+  return {
+    numFormat: NUM_FORMATS.includes(o.numFormat as NoteNumFormat) ? o.numFormat as NoteNumFormat : fallback.numFormat,
+    startAt: Number.isFinite(start) ? Math.min(9999, Math.max(1, Math.round(start))) : fallback.startAt,
+    restart: o.restart === 'page' || o.restart === 'chapter' ? o.restart : 'document',
+    position: o.position === 'document' ? 'document' : fallback.position,
+    prefix: typeof o.prefix === 'string' ? o.prefix.slice(0, 8) : fallback.prefix,
+    suffix: typeof o.suffix === 'string' ? o.suffix.slice(0, 8) : fallback.suffix,
+    citationStyle: typeof o.citationStyle === 'string' && o.citationStyle ? o.citationStyle : fallback.citationStyle,
+    bodyStyle: typeof o.bodyStyle === 'string' && o.bodyStyle ? o.bodyStyle : fallback.bodyStyle,
+  };
+}
+
+function clampSeparator(raw: unknown): NoteSeparator {
+  const o = (raw ?? {}) as Partial<NoteSeparator>;
+  const d = DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS.separator;
+  const num = (v: unknown, min: number, max: number, fb: number) =>
+    typeof v === 'number' && Number.isFinite(v) ? Math.min(max, Math.max(min, v)) : fb;
+  return {
+    relWidthPercent: num(o.relWidthPercent, 0, 100, d.relWidthPercent),
+    weightPt: num(o.weightPt, 0, 20, d.weightPt),
+    spaceAboveCm: num(o.spaceAboveCm, 0, 5, d.spaceAboveCm),
+    spaceBelowCm: num(o.spaceBelowCm, 0, 5, d.spaceBelowCm),
+    align: o.align === 'center' || o.align === 'right' ? o.align : d.align,
+    color: /^#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/.test(String(o.color)) ? String(o.color) : d.color,
+  };
+}
+
+export function clampNoteSettings(raw: unknown): NoteSettings {
+  const o = (raw ?? {}) as Partial<NoteSettings>;
+  return {
+    footnote: clampClass(o.footnote, DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS.footnote),
+    endnote: clampClass(o.endnote, DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS.endnote),
+    separator: clampSeparator(o.separator),
+  };
+}
+
+export function loadNoteSettings(): NoteSettings {
+  try {
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem(KEY);
+    return raw ? clampNoteSettings(JSON.parse(raw)) : DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS;
+  } catch {
+    return DEFAULT_NOTE_SETTINGS;
+  }
+}
+
+export function saveNoteSettings(s: NoteSettings): void {
+  localStorage.setItem(KEY, JSON.stringify(s));
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/storage/notes.svelte.ts b/src/lib/storage/notes.svelte.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a57cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/storage/notes.svelte.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// The document's note settings as a reactive singleton (same shape as sheet.svelte.ts):
+// the extension reads noteSettings() when it renumbers, the dialog replaces it.
+
+import { clampNoteSettings, loadNoteSettings, saveNoteSettings, type NoteSettings } from './noteSettings';
+
+let current = $state<NoteSettings>(loadNoteSettings());
+
+export function noteSettings(): NoteSettings {
+  return current;
+}
+
+export function setNoteSettings(next: NoteSettings): void {
+  current = clampNoteSettings(next);
+  saveNoteSettings(current);
+}
diff --git a/src/styles/editor.css b/src/styles/editor.css
index 675db86..6ee5efd 100644
--- a/src/styles/editor.css
+++ b/src/styles/editor.css
@@ -276,6 +276,55 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
+/* Footnotes and endnotes (notes.ts). Sizes and indents are LibreOffice's own Footnote
+   style; the separator values follow its style:footnote-sep — see
+   docs/architecture/notes.md, all of them probed. The dialog overrides them on :root. */
+.paper .tiptap {
+  --note-sep-rel-width: 25%;
+  --note-sep-weight: 0.5pt;
+  --note-sep-below: 0.1cm;
+  --note-sep-color: #000000;
+  --note-sep-align: left;
+}
+.paper .tiptap .note-ref {
+  /* style:text-position="super 58%" on LibreOffice's Footnote anchor style. */
+  vertical-align: super;
+  font-size: 58%;
+  line-height: 0;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.paper .tiptap .note {
+  font-size: 10pt;
+  margin-left: 0.6cm;
+  text-indent: -0.6cm;
+}
+/* The note's own marker is plain text at the baseline — LibreOffice's Footnote Symbol
+   style carries nothing, only the anchor is raised. An inline-block the width of the
+   hanging indent stands in for the tab LibreOffice puts after it. */
+.paper .tiptap .note::before {
+  content: attr(data-note-num);
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 0.6cm;
+  text-indent: 0;
+}
+/* A footnote is lifted out of the flow to the foot of its anchor's page; pageBreaks.ts
+   sets `top` in document px and marks the first note of each page. The margin custom
+   properties are .tiptap's own, so the box spans exactly the text width. */
+.paper .tiptap .note[data-note-kind='footnote'] {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: var(--page-margin-left);
+  right: var(--page-margin-right);
+}
+/* The separator rides the first note of a page as a background line, so its 25% width
+   costs no element of its own; a border-top would always span the full text width. */
+.paper .tiptap .note[data-note-page-first] {
+  padding-top: calc(var(--note-sep-weight) + var(--note-sep-below));
+  background-image: linear-gradient(var(--note-sep-color), var(--note-sep-color));
+  background-size: var(--note-sep-rel-width) var(--note-sep-weight);
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-position: var(--note-sep-align) top;
+}
+
 /* Formulas (formula.ts). MathML needs a font with an OpenType MATH table or Chromium
    drops ∑/ϕ and won't stretch brackets — STIX Two Math is bundled for that. */
 /* The family must be set on <math> itself: the UA stylesheet declares