Hi Julian,
You can customise a local variable to get this done. Your MWE (see at
the bottom).
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#+TITLE: 2 columns with common footnotes
#+STARTUP: beamer
#+OPTIONS: H:2 toc:nil num:t email:nil title:nil
#+LATEX_CLASS: beamer
* Slide in LaTex
:B_ignoreheading:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_env: ignoreheading
:END:
#+begin_export latex
\begin{frame}{Slide in LaTeX}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{.5\columnwidth}
Some text\footnotemark[1]
\end{column}
\begin{column}{.5\columnwidth}
Some more text\footnotemark[1]
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\footnotetext[1]{My Footnote text}
\end{frame}
#+end_export
* Slide in Org
:B_frame:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_env: frame
:END:
** Column 1 :BMCOL:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_col: .5
:END:
Some text[fn:my-fn]
** Column 2 :BMCOL:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_col: .5
:END:
Some more text[fn:my-fn]
** Footnote
:noexport:
[fn:my-fn] My Footnote text
# Local variables:
# org-latex-default-footnote-command: "\\footnote[frame]{%s%s}"
# End:
----
Best, /PA
Closed
On 05/10/2026 13:07, Julian Flake wrote:
Hi again,
maybe it would be sufficient to export footnotes to \footnote[frame]
{...} instead of \footnote{...}. Is there any variable or advice or
similar I could use to make ox-latex behave like this?
There does not seem to be an easy LaTeX way to make 'frame' the default
option for \footnote [1]
Best Regards,
nutcase
[1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/681403
On Mon, Oct 05 2026, Julian Flake wrote:
Hi,
I can't find a way to work with footnotes on a two column frame in a
way, I'd like to use footnotes. Attached you can find a MWE that
hopefully makes clear, what I'd like to achieve:
- Frame 1 contains a native beamer example, that makes the frame
look like I want it to look like.
- Frame 2 contains my attempt to have it defined accordingly in
org-mode.
Generally, I want to have the footnote's text in the footer of the
whole frame and (I think never) in the bottom of a column. It should
not matter, whether I use it once or . It would also be fine to set it
up that way globally, if there is a way to do so.
Any hints?
--
Best Regards,
Julian 'nutcase' Flake
#+TITLE: 2 columns with common footnotes
#+STARTUP: beamer
#+OPTIONS: H:2 toc:nil num:t email:nil title:nil
#+LATEX_CLASS: beamer
* Slide in LaTex :B_ignoreheading:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_env: ignoreheading
:END:
#+begin_export latex
\begin{frame}{Slide in LaTeX}
\begin{columns}
\begin{column}{.5\columnwidth}
Some text\footnotemark[1]
\end{column}
\begin{column}{.5\columnwidth}
Some more text\footnotemark[1]
\end{column}
\end{columns}
\footnotetext[1]{My Footnote text}
\end{frame}
#+end_export
* Slide in Org :B_frame:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_env: frame
:END:
** Column 1 :BMCOL:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_col: .5
:END:
Some text[fn:my-fn]
** Column 2 :BMCOL:
:PROPERTIES:
:BEAMER_col: .5
:END:
Some more text[fn:my-fn]
** [fn:my-fn] My Footnote text
--
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