Unable to make "Split Notes" using two columns in Publisher beta 2.1.0.1079

[Old Bruce]

I may be missing something obvious but I cannot make foot notes "split" in the new (2.1.0) betas. By "split" I mean I cannot have a note in the text on the bottom of page 2 and have the Footnote be on page 3. The line of text with the note in it is moved over to page 3. I guess it is to be on the same page as the footnote.
As I said in the title this is with two columns so I may be missing a basic text flow concept. Two columns of text, with the Footnotes being across the two columns at the bottom of the frame, not two separate columns of footnotes.

[walt.farrell]

Did it work differently in 2.0.4?

22 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

By "split" I mean I cannot have a note in the text on the bottom of page 2 and have the Footnote be on page 3.

As far as I know, a Split footnote is one where the footnote text starts on one page and continues to another. But I would expect the reference to still be on the same page as the first line of the footnote text.

From the Notes Panel Help, https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Panels/notesPanel.html

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Allow split notes—when selected, footnote/sidenote bodies can begin in one text frame and continue in another. When unselected, Affinity attempts to keep each body's lines together on the same page; story text may reflow, but unwanted whitespace may occur in some text frames.

 

[MikeTO]

Walt is correct, this feature just allows long notes to be split across two columns or frames.