Publisher 2.2.0. Multiple issues with footnotes on document imported from IDML

[mwdiers]

I am attempting to import a book project I currently have in InDesign. I am running into multiple issues with the formatting of footnotes. Part of this problem appears to be units that are being interpreted incorrectly. Aside from the fact that the InDesign footnotes are not imported (which I assume is simply not yet supported):

1. Footnote rule length is being interpreted incorrectly. A 1 in rule ends up being slightly shorter than 0.25".
2. "Gap between" creates an entire line between footnotes even at 1 pt. I cannot set a gap between footnotes less than an entire line.
3. When creating a new "in note body" number style from the "New..." option in the "Number Style" dropdown , the units are being interpreted incorrectly. A character size of 10pt is extremely tiny. When I re-edit this same style in the "Text Styles" panel, and change it to something else, and back to 10pt, the size is corrected. Thereafter, if I edit that same style from the Number Style dropdown, it works as expected.

When I start with a new Publisher document, and copy-and-paste in the body text from the IDML import, none of these problems occur. I have attached the IDML file that exhibits this issue. I will proceed by using the IDML imports just to copy-paste the formatted text.

Chapter 1.idml

[DWright]

You can edit the text style Footnote to set the font type and size and the Note Studio to  configure the positioning and rules for the footnotes.

[Hangman]

Hi @mwdiers,

On 9/23/2023 at 4:56 PM, mwdiers said:

1. Footnote rule length is being interpreted incorrectly. A 1 in rule ends up being slightly shorter than 0.25".

This is effectively a known bug logged under AFB-7732 and AFB-7733 caused by Publisher misinterpreting IDML files as 72 dpi.

The workaround is as follows:

1. Open the IDML file in Publisher and change the document dpi to 72 dpi
2. Setting your rule length to 1 inch will now correctly show the rule length as 1 inch
3. Change the document dpi back to 300 dpi
4. Save your file

 

On 9/23/2023 at 4:56 PM, mwdiers said:

2. "Gap between" creates an entire line between footnotes even at 1 pt. I cannot set a gap between footnotes less than an entire line.

For me, this is working as expected...

 

On 9/23/2023 at 4:56 PM, mwdiers said:

3. When creating a new "in note body" number style from the "New..." option in the "Number Style" dropdown , the units are being interpreted incorrectly. A character size of 10pt is extremely tiny.

This happens for the exact same reason as item 1... following the same steps re changing the document resolution outlined above is the workaround until this bug is fixed.

[Oufti]

4 hours ago, Hangman said:

On 9/23/2023 at 5:56 PM, mwdiers said:

2. "Gap between" creates an entire line between footnotes even at 1 pt. I cannot set a gap between footnotes less than an entire line.

For me, this is working as expected...

Look perhaps in the Footnote text style paragraph settings, especially wether Align to Baseline Grid is set on or not? 

[Hangman]

12 hours ago, Oufti said:

Look perhaps in the Footnote text style paragraph settings, especially wether Align to Baseline Grid is set on or not?

No, this isn't set by default for the footnote text style used on the original document so perhaps @mwdiers set it manually or is using an alternative footnote text style with align to baseline grid enabled.

This particular 'issue' isn't a bug unlike items 1 and 3.