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Started by Marek_Hajduczenia
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49
Footnote duplication
Author: Marek_Hajduczenia
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49
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Dear all, Imagine I have the following text: "Car XX was subject to test_1, test_2 and test_3. Car YY was only subject to text_1." I want to place footnotes to describe in details what test_1, test_2 and test_3 is. If I go and do it in Frame, I will get 4 footnotes (after test_1, test_2, test_3 and test_1), where footnote 1 and 4 are the same. How can I make sure that footnote 1 and 4 point to the same piece of text and have the same number i.e. "Car XX was subject to test_1(a), test_2(b) and test_3(c). Car YY was only subject to text_1(a)." Letters in brackets are footnote references. Any comments are more than welcome Thank You everyone Marek
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Art Campbell
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:05
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:05
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I'd try setting up a cross-reference from a dummy entry (4) to footnote text (1). Art
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Marek_Hajduczenia
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:09
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:09
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Hi Art, could You clarify that a little bit ? Thanks Marek
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Art Campbell
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:39
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:39
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OK, what I've done before is create a second footnote reference in text, pointing to the footnote in the footer. Assuming that you footnote "(4)" duplicates (1), the way most style guides say to handle the footnotes is to have two references in text (or as many as you need in text) pointing to footnote (1). Which means that you don't want to display a (4) in your text, you just want to put in a superscript (1) into the text passage in addition to the real footnote anchor. Readers will go to footnote text 1 from two points in the text, not just the automatically generated (1) footnote anchor. So all you need to do is to type in the second (1) footnote reference in the text and set it to superscript. If you want to make it a hot link, you can use a hypertext anchor and link to the (1) footnote text at the bottom of the page. Art
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Marek_Hajduczenia
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:19
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:19
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Thank You Art for the explanation. This is exactly the way I do it right now. I was hoping for some "magic" setting in Frame where I could actually select which footnote to replicate. Anyway, thank You for time and attention. I will keep on working the way I am working right now Have a good day Marek
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Peter_Gold
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:37
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:37
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Hi, Marek: Have you looked at this topic in FM Help? Inserting more than one reference to a footnote HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Marek_Hajduczenia
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:18
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:18
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Thanks Peter, that automates the process. I feel ashamed not having looked in the help for this particular key word sequence ... seems so obvious yet I was looking for "multiple footnotes" and "replicate footnote" etc. which led me nowhere. Once again, Thank You for Your time Marek
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Peter_Gold
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:05
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:05
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You're welcome, Marek: I found this topic by searching Help for footnote, which returns many items, which at first was overwhelming. After I relaxed, I found this topic is the second or third entry in the list. HTH Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices
Re: Footnote duplication
Author: Marek_Hajduczenia
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:20
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:20
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I did not have much time to relax I guess. I also started from "footnote" keyword and got dispirited by the large number of hits. The following attempts to narrow down the search did not work really well so I figured someone here might know the answer. Thank You for Your time (and patience in reading the help) Regards Marek
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