[solved] Hanging indent for footnotes Publisher V2

[anh_ngoc]

Hello,
first, all the best for the new year to all.

If footnotes go about multiple rows, the indent isn't correct...

How can I get the footnotes to look like that

instead of this:

I tried it via tab, but no success

Edited January 2, 2023 by anh_ngoc

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

The basic approach, I think, would be to put the cursor into the footnote text, then

1. adjust the Left Indent and First-Line Indent in the Paragraph panel. Then
2. create a new Paragraph Text Style with those settings. Then
3. specify use of that Paragraph Text Style Note Body Style field in the Notes panel.

Here's an example of step 1:

Note that if you're going to have more than 9 footnotes on a page, you might want to add a tab after the Number field in the Notes panel, and also adjust the tab stops of the paragraph before creating the new Paragraph Text Style.

[anh_ngoc]

Hello walt.farrell,

ahhh... its about the Left Indent and the first line.
Thank you very much.. Didn't see the wood for the trees

regards🙋‍♂️
 

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

[philipt18]

I'm trying to do the same thing, and I came up with the same solution, although it doesn't work if there are more than 9 footnotes, as once it gets to double-digits, the spacing is wrong. There should be a more accurate way to do this, as this is very common footnote formatting.

[walt.farrell]

15 minutes ago, philipt18 said:

although it doesn't work if there are more than 9 footnotes, as once it gets to double-digits, the spacing is wrong.

You should be able to adjust the spacing to account for that, I think. Though perhaps you would also want to set the numbers to right-aligned.

[philipt18]

25 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

You should be able to adjust the spacing to account for that, I think. Though perhaps you would also want to set the numbers to right-aligned.

 

I'm not sure, as if you get the spacing correct for one digit, it is wrong for two digits, and visa versa. I think for it to work you'd need to be able to set the text spacing separately from the number spacing.

[philipt18]

As this is marked solved, and my problem is related to footnotes, I'm moving this over to 

 

[Oufti]

1 hour ago, philipt18 said:

I'm trying to do the same thing, and I came up with the same solution, although it doesn't work if there are more than 9 footnotes, as once it gets to double-digits, the spacing is wrong.

I answer in your new topic:

 

[Oufti]

Reading more closely this topic, I note that @walt.farrell had already foreseen your question… 

On 1/2/2023 at 8:33 PM, walt.farrell said:

Note that if you're going to have more than 9 footnotes on a page, you might want to add a tab after the Number field in the Notes panel, and also adjust the tab stops of the paragraph before creating the new Paragraph Text Style.