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I'm using endnotes package to create endnotes, and since my existing body of text already contains lots of footnotes, I use \let\footnote=\endnote to convert footnotes into endnotes. 

 \documentclass{article} \usepackage{endnotes} \usepackage{hyperref} \let\footnote=\endnote \begin{document} Sample text.\footnote{Sample footnote}. \theendnotes \end{document}

But while the original footnotes were nicely cross-referenced, the conversion doesn't preserve that. Is there a way to make a conversion while preserving the cross-referencing?

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  • What do you mean? The question is unclear to me. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 18:34
  • Normally, the footnote number in the body of the text just takes you to the text in the footnote. That's not preserved with the conversion to the endnotes I provide above (the endnote no. doesn't take you to the endnote text). Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 18:36
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    The default latex footnotes are not hyperlinked, you might ne used to hyperref? Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 18:38
  • Thanks. I am using hyperref to get the footnotes be cross-referenced in the first place. But not sure how to modify when converting to endnotes. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 18:39
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    You should use enotez, it was developed to provide – amongst other things – support for hyperref. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 18:57

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In order to make hyperref work with endnotes, you could use enotez. All you have to do is load enotez instead of endnotes and use \printendnotes instead of \theendnotes:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage[backref]{enotez} % <-- instead of \usepackage{endnotes} \usepackage{hyperref} \let\footnote=\endnote \begin{document} Sample text.\footnote{Sample footnote}. \printendnotes % <-- instead of \theendnotes \end{document}

Edit: If you want back references from the notes to the mark in the text, then use the option backref

Update: Newer versions of enotez are set differently (see remark in the comments)

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{enotez} \setenotez{backref=true} % <-- options are set like this nowadays \usepackage{hyperref} \let\footnote=\endnote \begin{document} Sample text.\footnote{Sample footnote}. \printendnotes \end{document}
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  • That works, but I do get an error message ("LaTeX error:"kernel/command-already-defined" "control sequence !\endnote already defined.") This happens regardless of whether I just replace all instances of \footnote with \endnote or if I do it via \let\footnote=\endnote. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 19:19
  • Clearly, it must be due to some other package I'm loading but not sure which one is to blame. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 19:25
  • Looks like it's due to mdwlist but I have no idea why. Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 19:30
  • mdwlist is rather old . . . is there any particular reason why you are using it and not enumitem? Commented Feb 15, 2015 at 19:36
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    For anyone trying to do that in 2023 : \usepackage{enotez} \setenotez{backref=true} Commented Jan 20, 2024 at 11:58

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