Footnote importing from MS Word

[MikeTO]

I was testing importing footnotes from MS Word to try to understand the formatting issues. These are with MS Word's default style sheet and this test file is for the first 3 issues:

note2.docx

1. Footnotes that are referenced from Normal text and formatted as the default Footnote Text paragraph style import okay but in addition to Footnote Text, they have Footnote Reference applied to the note body which isn't right and they have individual attributes applied. They import as: footnote text + footnote reference + Font size: 10 pt; Space after: 0 pt; Default tab stops: 0 in
    
2. Footnotes with the default Strong character style applied import strangely. They import as: footnote text + Strong + Font size: 12 pt; Superscript; Space after: 0 pt; Default tab stops: 0 in. I don't know where the 12 pt is coming from, Strong in Word is just bold.
   But a footnote with a more detailed character style applied imported better. I defined Style 1 as Caslon 15 underline and that's what it looked like after importing, although it imported as: footnote text + Style1 + Superscript; Space after: 0 pt; Default tab stops: 0 in. It seems that Publisher doesn't like Word character styles that don't include a text size.
    
3. Footnotes that are referenced from Heading 1 (which is blue in Word) import strangely - they have blue note bodies. They import as: footnote text + footnote reference + Font size: 10 pt; Character fill: R:47 G:84 B:150; Keep with next: 1; Space before: 12 pt; Space after: 0 pt; Default tab stops: 0 in. It seems like note bodies inherit some of the attributes of the marker.
    
4. Sometimes a footnote with a different para style applied in Word appears to be invisible after importing but it's really just tiny. [EDIT and the text is lost] This other test file has 3 notes and the first one imports as 0.2pt so it's essentially zero height and invisible. In this test the first footnote has a paragraph style named Clone of Normal and it is literally just a style based on Normal with no attribute changes. If you go to the note reference and click the Go to Body button in the panel, you'll see what it imports as - I pasted it further below since it's so long. The para style didn't survive the import. The strange thing is I then defined another style named Clone of Normal plus Bold and applied it to the following note and that one imported much better as: Clone of Normal plus bold + footnote reference + Space after: 0 pt; Default tab stops: 0 in. [EDIT: of course the solution to Word footnote importing is to use Revert All Footnotes to Document Settings. After choosing this command the footnote will appear but without any text. The text "This one is based on Normal with no changes" from Word was deleted during import.]

footnote issue.docx

For #4, footnote 1:

Font: Arial; Font weight: Normal; Italic: Off; Font width: Normal; Font size: 0.2 pt; Character spacing: 0 ‰; Baseline advance: 0 pt; Default kern: on; X offset: 0 pt; Y offset: 0 pt; Kern: 0 ‰; Scale X: 100 %; Scale Y: 100 %; Font shear: 0 °; Leading override: 0 pt; Underline: None; Strikethrough: None; No superscript/subscript; No caps; Leading override: auto; Typography script: Auto; Typography language: Auto; Optical alignment: None; No break: off; Spelling language: None; Hyphenation language: Auto; Character fill: R:0 G:0 B:0; Character outline fill: none; Character outline: none; Character transparency: none; Highlight colour: none; Underline colour: none; Strikethrough colour: none; Optical alignment values; Hyperlink: None; OpenType: reset; Align paragraph: Left; Leading mode: % ideal; Start: Anywhere; Keep with previous: Off; Keep with next: 0; Keep together: Off; Prevent widows: Off; Prevent orphans: Off; Align to baseline grid: On; Auto hyphenation: Off; Hyphenate minimum length: 5; Hyphenate after first: 2 letters; Hyphenate before last: 2 letters; Maximum consecutive hyphens: Unlimited; Only between Paragraphs; Use space between same styles: Off; Use larger of space before and after; Leading: 100 %; Leading: 0 pt; Left indent: 0 in; Right indent: 0 in; First line indent: 0 in; Space before: 0 pt; Space after: 0 pt; Default tab stops: 0 in; Minimum word spacing: 80 %; Desired word spacing: 100 %; Maximum word spacing: 133 %; Minimum letter spacing: 0 %; Desired letter spacing: 0 %; Maximum letter spacing: 0 %; Minimum hyphen score: 0.0; Hyphenation zone: 0 in; Hyphenation zone capitals: 0 in; Hyphenation zone last word: 0 in; Hyphenation zone across columns: 0 in; Last line outdent: 0 in; Space between same styles: 0 pt; Tab stops: None; Paragraph decorations: off; List: None; List bullet string: "•\t"; List character style: ""; List tab stop indent: 0 in; List alignment: Left; Drop cap: Off; Drop cap height: 3; Drop cap characters: 1; Drop cap auto characters: On; Drop cap align left: Off; Drop cap scale descenders: Off; Drop cap text distance: 0 pt; Drop cap style: ""; Initial words: Off; Initial words count: 3; Initial words end characters: .?!:; Initial words style: ""

Edited September 5, 2023 by MikeTO
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[Callum]

Hi MikeTO,

I have logged these issues to be investigated further.

Thanks
C