On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Brian Barker <[email protected]>wrote:
> At 15:12 13/01/2011 +1100, Adam Noname wrote: > >> I'm having problems with large footnotes. When I add footnotes to a >> document I only see the first couple of lines of the footnote when in edit >> mode or Page Preview. Is there a setting somewhere to make footnotes >> dynamically expand as needed? >> > > Are you sure that you are not just seeing the intractable problem that > occurs with large footnotes? Look at the next page: is the rest of the > footnote there? > > When you insert a footnote, room has to be made for it at the foot of the > current page. And yes: space is made available for it as necessary. That > means that some of the page text that would otherwise appear on that page > has to be carried over to the following page. So far, so good. But if the > insertion point is near the bottom of a page or if your footnote is large > (as you say yours are), there is a problem: that amount of text that needs > to be carried over may include the insertion point itself. This creates an > intractable dilemma: if the footnote is fitted into the current page, its > reference will be carried over to the following page, but if the footnote > follows it there the reference will move back to the previous page. In > either case, the reference and the footnote will be on different pages. > > The solution to this problem is for the footnote to be split across two > pages. As much as can be fitted in without carrying over its reference is > placed at the foot of the original page, with the reference necessarily now > being in the bottom line of text on that page. The remainder of the > footnote appears at the foot of the following page, beneath the separator > line but without any footnote number. This may be followed by footnotes > that are referenced on that following page, of course. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > Thanks so much Brian. That all makes sense. When I say large, the footnotes are about 10-15 lines on an A4 sheet. I've added more text and this has fixed the rpoblem so must have been as you described with the footnote split across 2 pages. I'll keep working and see if I can control hat is happening to these larger footnotes. Thanks again for your help and for your quick reply. Adam
