Where are "Decorations" documented?

[grumpiestt]

I'm working on a 400-page book which has lots of numbered footnotes. The author is providing the footnotes so I don't need AFP to  generate them. The first footnote on a page needs a fine rule above it – perhaps 0.5pt extending from the left margin to, say, 40mm from the left margin. And, say, 3mm above the first line of text.

Since I can't find where these settings are documented, I've been starting from the (scant) examples in the AFP Workbook and modifying them using a process of trial and error. When I try to edit the settings (Text Styles > Decorations) of, e.g. the rule weight or its distance above the text below, AFP just crashes. Am I asking the impossible?

Have I missed the comprehensive explanation of these settings in the Help, or perhaps online? I'm fed up with watching interminable YouTube videos that all restate the obvious without answering my questions.

[walt.farrell]

They are in the Notes panel in Publisher.

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @grumpiestt

The software shouldn’t crash so that’s not a problem you have created and needs to be reported as a bug.

Typing decorations into the Help search box gives me the page in my first attached image as the first result in the list.

The documentation isn’t what I would call comprehensive but it should give you an overview.

My second attached image shows what I think you need to make the settings as, if I have understood you correctly.

[grumpiestt]

Many thanks GarryP.

I think you've set me off in the right direction.

[GarryP]

You’re welcome.

It’s worth noting that the Top/Bottom measurements are viewed from the top of the page, so, for example, -3mm means up the page by 3mm rather than down from the text by 3mm. It still confuses me often.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, grumpiestt said:

The author is providing the footnotes so I don't need AFP to  generate them.

If you don't have Publisher generate them for you, you'll lose the hyperlinking between the footnote reference and the footnote text. Just thought I'd mention that in case it matters, though I suppose it matters more for end-notes than for footnotes on a page.

[grumpiestt]

You are right – it is counter-intuitive. But I guess we can get used to almost anything in a worthy cause!

 

 

[grumpiestt]

3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

If you don't have Publisher generate them for you, you'll lose the hyperlinking between the footnote reference and the footnote text. Just thought I'd mention that in case it matters, though I suppose it matters more for end-notes than for footnotes on a page.

Thanks for pointing this out Walt.

But it doesn't matter in this case: it's a print-only publication.