dwain schrieb: > Thomas Zastrow wrote: > >> In fact, there is just one rule for footnote's positions: they have to >> appear on the same >> page as the text where they were introduced. >> >> > this is not absolutely true. there are documents and books written with > the footnote numbers and then added at the end of the document or book. > this had been around for quite some time. yes, there are still > documents that place the references on the same page as you suggest, but > this practice is becoming a rarity. although they might not be called > footnotes technically, the end result is still the same. end notes or > page notes as they are called, allows the reader to read the document > unhampered by short pages and making the document contain fewer pages of > text, thus reducing printing costs. it also allows the reader to, at > their discretion and in their own time, read the reference if they are > so inclined. > > Dwain, I agree that these kinds of documents are also common. From my personal experience, they are still a minority, but certainly, it depends ... ;-)
> by designing the document this way eliminates the footnote problem for > scribus. > Not realy. I think, for the - let me call it "the Scribus view" - the important question is: where Scribus should put the *notes? In the same (chain) text frame, or in an own one? In both cases, it's up to the user where in his document he will put the frames. > my $0.02 > :-) Best, Tom -- ---------------------------- http://www.thomas-zastrow.de German Forum - DTP under Linux: http://www.opendtp.de ----------------------------
