Hedley's suggestions for improving Frame's footnote handling are all
very good ones, but the chances of them being implemented are nil, I
think. Some of us have been complaining about FM's note handling for,
oh, 14 years, and I have quite a collection of nice messages spanning
that period from
As well as allowing multiple short footnotes on a line, Adobe could allow
long footnotes to flow from a right to the left following page. It could
also balance footnotes on facing pages. If a footnote reference is on a
right page, it should flow back a long footnote onto the facing left page.
Hi framies:
I have submitted a suggestion to Adobe for an improvement (copied below) . I
wonder if anyone would support me? Again I am drawing my example from 19th
century typesetting. Back to the future department.
Here it is:
Improvement: Multiple short footnotes on a single line as in
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, which is the bible for most
US academic writing, multiple short footnotes may be placed on the
same line, but it isn't encouraged. However, I'd put multiples way
down on my FM want list, after making the call-and-fix placement fix
and a number of other
As well as allowing multiple short footnotes on a line, Adobe could allow
long footnotes to flow from a right to the left following page. It could
also balance footnotes on facing pages. If a footnote reference is on a
right page, it should flow back a long footnote onto the facing left page.
Hi framies:
I have submitted a suggestion to Adobe for an improvement (copied below) . I
wonder if anyone would support me? Again I am drawing my example from 19th
century typesetting. "Back to the future department."
Here it is:
Improvement: Multiple short footnotes on a single line as in
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, which is the bible for most
US academic writing, multiple short footnotes may be placed on the
same line, but it isn't encouraged. However, I'd put multiples way
down on my FM "want" list, after making the call-and-fix placement fix
and a number of other
