Issues with endnotes in Publisher 2

[SallyN]

Short version: Having compiled several files into a long document (one part of which had affinity-formatted endnotes) I decided to remove the endnotes and start again. 

Problem 1 - having removed the numbers and the endnote text, I was left with an endnote page which cannot be deleted. Nor can I simply delete the text "Endnotes".

Problem 2 - I can't put in any new endnotes, the option is greyed out.

Problem 3 - the word finder doesn't work on words which have an endnote.

I converted all the endnotes to footnotes hope that this might sort the problem, but the endnote page still can't be removed or modified.

Would be very grateful for any assistance. 

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[Old Bruce]

13 minutes ago, SallyN said:

Short version: Having compiled several files into a long document (one part of which had affinity-formatted endnotes) I decided to remove the endnotes and start again. 

Problem 1 - having removed the numbers and the endnote text, I was left with an endnote page which cannot be deleted. Nor can I simply delete the text "Endnotes".

How did you remove the endnotes? Did you delete the numbers in the main text?

[SallyN]

3 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

How did you remove the endnotes? Did you delete the numbers in the main text?

Thanks for responding - yes I deleted the numbers.

[MikeTO]

6 hours ago, SallyN said:

Short version: Having compiled several files into a long document (one part of which had affinity-formatted endnotes) I decided to remove the endnotes and start again. 

Problem 1 - having removed the numbers and the endnote text, I was left with an endnote page which cannot be deleted. Nor can I simply delete the text "Endnotes".

You should always be able to delete a page. What happens when you select the page in the Pages panel and delete it?

Perhaps the page is being deleted (look at the History panel) but the Endnotes text is in a frame that is linked to another frame, so all you're doing is removing a page with one frame from the story (the linked series of frames). If that's the case you probably chose the End of Story option and to delete the Endnote title you would simply drag select it and delete it. As long as you delete everything from the bottom of your text to the end of the story then you'll delete all the hidden endnote stuff. Note, it's always best to work with Highlight Fields and Show Special Characters on when working with notes.

6 hours ago, SallyN said:

Problem 2 - I can't put in any new endnotes, the option is greyed out.

The Text > Notes > Insert Endnote command and the accompanying button in the panel should never be disabled unless the cursor isn't in a text frame or object or if the cursor is in an endnote. Where is your cursor? Can you share a screen recording of the issue?

6 hours ago, SallyN said:

Problem 3 - the word finder doesn't work on words which have an endnote.

Do you mean the Find and Replace panel? It works on body text and endnote text so what do you mean it doesn't work? Can you describe what is happening in more detail?

Endnotes (and footnotes and sidenotes) can be confusing because of the document-wide versus custom options. And there are still a couple of bugs with notes. You'll find a lot more information on getting the most out of notes in the free PDF manual I've shared in this forum - the link is in my signature below.

Cheers

[SallyN]

Thanks Mike,

Here's a screenshot of the greyed out endnote menu. The cursor in at the end of the word "Ulster".

Thanks for the advice about completely removing all endnote-related gubbins - I'll give it a try.

The find issue is a weird one - using "find" for a word that had an endnote related to it - all the other instances of the word would be returned, except that one with the endnote.

I think I'll just start again and cut and paste the text into a new doc!

 

[MikeTO]

That's odd, the command being disabled implies that Publisher thinks the paragraph of text is part of the endnotes. Are you using the End of Story note positioning? Try changing the endnotes to a shared frame.

Are you able to share a version of the document here for review? If not, you might need to wait for Serif's help.

Good luck.

[SallyN]

9 hours ago, MikeTO said:

That's odd, the command being disabled implies that Publisher thinks the paragraph of text is part of the endnotes. Are you using the End of Story note positioning? Try changing the endnotes to a shared frame.

Are you able to share a version of the document here for review? If not, you might need to wait for Serif's help.

Good luck.

It doesn't matter what word or page I choose, the endnote is still greyed out. 

I "solved" the problem by pasting all the text into a new document!

Many thanks for your input.

[MikeTO]

3 hours ago, SallyN said:

It doesn't matter what word or page I choose, the endnote is still greyed out. 

I "solved" the problem by pasting all the text into a new document!

Many thanks for your input.

That indicates that Publisher considered that text to be an endnote, even though it was body text. Copying an endnote from one document to another (or to another frame in the same document) will create regular text.

Endnotes can be multiple paragraphs or even pages long, so it's possible that somehow your body text got inserted between the start and end points of an endnote.