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1. Re: Footnotes - Is there a way to define different formats on one document?
[Jongware] Aug 16, 2009 5:12 AM (in response to Shlomit Heymann)Alas -- no. InDesign is lacking all but the very basics: no re-start (other than per page or section), no start at an arbitrary number, no switching of numbering style.
Occasionally, I have to start with a * footnote, then continue with regular numbering. If the star footnote is on a page of its own, I can 'hide' the actual footnote number by setting its color to [None] and manually insert the star in the text and in the note itself. Then I set the next page to start a new section, so the next note will be '1' again.
If the star note and the first regular note appear on the same page, I also manually insert the star but put its text inside the first footnote above its own text.
Both are rather dirty tricks that could well be avoided with some additions to the footnote options ...
[Edit] Actually, the correct answer on
Is this right?
would be "Alas -- yes".
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2. Re: Footnotes - Is there a way to define different formats on one document?
MacEachaidh-Zb1Cv0 Jun 25, 2010 3:28 PM (in response to [Jongware])[Jongware] wrote:
[Edit] Actually, the correct answer on
Is this right?
would be "Alas -- yes".
If you take "Is this right?" in the normal affirmative sense, as in "Is this information correct?", then I agree, the answer would be yes.
But if you take "Is this right?" in the metaphorical or ethical sense, as in "Is this the way it should be?", then I think your reply was correct the first time, Jongware. It's a very definite No.
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3. Re: Footnotes - Is there a way to define different formats on one document?
[Jongware] Jun 25, 2010 3:32 PM (in response to MacEachaidh-Zb1Cv0)In both cases, it's the first word that counts. "Alas."
Nothing a user can do about it except keep on posting Feature Requests, and hoping this gets bumped up to a greater priority than, say, trying to have CS6 output SWF files smaller than the ones from Flash.

