w:endnotePr (Endnote Properties)

Specifies document-level or section-level properties for endnotes, including position, number format, starting number, and restart behavior.

Parent elements

Child elements

Description

w:endnotePr configures how endnotes behave for the entire document (when in w:settings) or for a specific section (when in w:sectPr). It is the endnote counterpart to w:footnotePr.

It is defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.11.4 (section) and §17.11.3 (document settings).

Child Elements

Element	Description
`w:pos`	Endnote position: `docEnd` (end of document, default) or `sectEnd` (end of section).
`w:numFmt`	Numbering format (e.g. `decimal`, `lowerRoman`, `lowerLetter`).
`w:numStart`	Starting number for endnote auto-numbering.
`w:numRestart`	When numbering restarts: `continuous` or `eachSect`.
`w:endnote`	References specific separator endnote IDs for this section.

Examples

<!-- Endnotes at end of each section, roman numerals -->
<w:settings>
  <w:endnotePr>
    <w:pos w:val="sectEnd"/>
    <w:numFmt w:val="lowerRoman"/>
    <w:numStart w:val="1"/>
    <w:numRestart w:val="eachSect"/>
  </w:endnotePr>
</w:settings>

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;

var endnotePr = new EndnoteDocumentWideProperties(
    new EndnotePosition { Val = EndnotePositionValues.SectionEnd },
    new NumberingFormat { Val = NumberFormatValues.LowerRoman },
    new NumberingStart { Val = 1 },
    new NumberingRestart { Val = RestartNumberValues.EachSection }
);

Notes

w:pos="docEnd" (default) collects all endnotes at the very end of the document.
w:pos="sectEnd" places endnotes at the end of each section — useful for book-style documents.
Section-level w:endnotePr (in w:sectPr) overrides document-level settings for that section.