Affinity Publisher V2 feature request for ENDNOTES (esp. in books)

[Marcocampo]

Hi Affinity Team,

just working on a book (catalogue) in scientific context. I am very happy about the endnotes.

Those can be converted in hyperlinks, which is very helpfull for PDF exports of that stuff. 
The only annoying thing is: there is no way back from the endnote section of the book back to the page, where you clicked the link.

My Suggestions for the endnotes-wishlist.

• the hyperlink hover-text to the endnotes hover-text is the page-number, which says noting. This should be »endnotes« or some custon text.
• when generating automatic hyperlinks to the endnote, then the endnote itself should provide a back-hyperlink to the sourcepage.

So thanks, best …

 

[MikeTO]

4 hours ago, Marcocampo said:

My Suggestions for the endnotes-wishlist.

• the hyperlink hover-text to the endnotes hover-text is the page-number, which says noting. This should be »endnotes« or some custon text.
• when generating automatic hyperlinks to the endnote, then the endnote itself should provide a back-hyperlink to the sourcepage.

Publisher has both of these features already.

If you generate hyperlinks, not only is the the note reference in the main story text linked to the endnote body, the note number in the note body is linked back to the note reference so it works both ways. Assign a hyperlink style to both of the Number Style options in the Notes panel. I noticed that I didn't document in my PDF manual that the note body was linked to the note reference so I'll add that for the next update.

Hover text is added for both links - they show "Go to page #" where # is the relevant page.

test.pdftest.afpub

  

[Marcocampo]

Thank you, @MikeTO for pointing that out, and the examples. The situation in my case is different, this function doesn't work in a book with more than one chapter and having the endnotes at books end (which hyperlinks back don't work). My endnotes gather at the end of the book, yours at the end of your document. So I packed you my test-book files, attached together with the exported book.

best, Marcus

23_10_11_endnote-tests-book.dmg 23_10_11_endnotetest-BOOK.pdf

[Marcocampo]

Important for me to sort that out – or at least to be aware of that (little) bug, because that book we're working on will have more than 200 pages, with many footnotes and endnotes. 😅 The PDF follows somewhat later next year for educational purposes, and people would appreciate a fully functional interactivity, I think.

@Patrick Connor (hmm, absolutely not sure if this is correct to mention you at this point, but isn't this a bug ? Where should that be reported ?)

best, Marcus

[Marcocampo]

forgot completely to say: THANKS for that manual ! 

best, Marcus

[Dan C]

22 minutes ago, Marcocampo said:

isn't this a bug ? Where should that be reported ?

Please create a new post here including as much information as possible, plus a copy of any relevant files and our team will be sure to investigate and report this to the developers in due course

[Marcocampo]

Ido, thank you.

[MikeTO]

I've confirmed this bug. Hyperlinks from the numbers in note bodies at the end of a book aren't linked back to the note numbers in the chapter main text. They are from the main text to the note body.

Here's a simple test book that can be attached to the bug report.

Archive.zip

[walt.farrell]

5 hours ago, Marcocampo said:

My endnotes gather at the end of the book, yours at the end of your document.

Are you saying that you want them at the end of each Chapter (individual .afpub file), Marcus?

If so, then @MikeTO your sample file confuses me because you don't have them at the end of each chapter, you have them at the end of the entire document.

[MikeTO]

35 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Are you saying that you want them at the end of each Chapter (individual .afpub file), Marcus?

If so, then @MikeTO your sample file confuses me because you don't have them at the end of each chapter, you have them at the end of the entire document.

Marco stated that he wanted them at the end of the book and was only pointing out that when I first replied I was talking about the end of the document. My test document matches his setup, end of book.

 

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

Marco stated that he wanted them at the end of the book and was only pointing out that when I first replied I was talking about the end of the document. My test document matches his setup, end of book.

 

Still confused; sorry.

In the Notes panel, "End of Book" positioning is "end of this chapter file", I think.

To me, end of Document means "end of the exported PDF file".

[Marcocampo]

As far I understand, "End of Book" and "end of this chapter file" are two different options in that pulldown menue.

[walt.farrell]

2 minutes ago, Marcocampo said:

As far I understand, "End of Book" and "end of this chapter file" are two different options in that pulldown menue.

I'm not sure of that, as the term Book elsewhere in that panel refers to the individual .afpub file, e.g. in Restart Numbering.

[MikeTO]

1 hour ago, Marcocampo said:

As far I understand, "End of Book" and "end of this chapter file" are two different options in that pulldown menue.

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

I'm not sure of that, as the term Book elsewhere in that panel refers to the individual .afpub file, e.g. in Restart Numbering.

The two Note Position options are "End of Book", which means exactly what it says, and "Shared Document Frame", which means end of document, or end of chapter document in the case of a Book.

Marco, in the test book you uploaded, the second chapter is set to Shared Document Frame instead of End of Book. I know this is just a test book and your actual book may be different, but ensure you select End of Book for each chapters' notes.