Aligning footnotes' lines to words instead of numbers

[Raul Ciannella]

Hi, I need to format footnotes lines so that they align below every first word of that line and not under the footnote number, as in the screenshot provided. I can't find a way to do that.

 

[MikeTO]

I think this is what you're asking about. Please let me know if it's not what you meant.

1. Using the Notes panel, set Format > In Note Body > Number Text to <#><tab>. There should already be <#> in the field which is the note number but you need to add a Tab which you can do by selecting the Tab character from the text field's menu.
2. Set Format > In Note Body > Note Body Style to a paragraph style created specifically for the footnotes.
3. Define that paragraph style with a tab stop set to where you want to align the first words. Set Left Indent to the same value and then set First Line Indent to 0.

[Raul Ciannella]

It worked perfectly!

Thank you MikeTO

[Raul Ciannella]

Hi Mike, I write directly to you here about another topic because I know you can give a straight answer. I'm using the "book" function for the first time. Usually I edit my books in one document, but this one is an assignment for an academic journal with multiple articles by multiple authors and I thought it will make more sense have a book. My question is, once I set up the book with all the articles, front and back matter, if I need to make changes in the content would I do it on the single documents or directly on the book?

Thank you

[Old Bruce]

45 minutes ago, Raul Ciannella said:

Hi Mike, I write directly to you here about another topic because I know you can give a straight answer. I'm using the "book" function for the first time. Usually I edit my books in one document, but this one is an assignment for an academic journal with multiple articles by multiple authors and I thought it will make more sense have a book. My question is, once I set up the book with all the articles, front and back matter, if I need to make changes in the content would I do it on the single documents or directly on the book?

Thank you

I am not Mike. But... I would make the changes in the individual documents just to be safe, of course then I would need to redo the book so it is a matter of "six of one, a half dozen of the other". The Book feature should save the changes made in the individual files as long as you save the individual changes.

And you really should make this a separate topic as it is substantially different from this topic.

[Raul Ciannella]

Ok, thank you!

[MikeTO]

Note that the Book doesn't contain any content, it's just a shell that organizes the Chapter documents, and syncs numbers. As long as you edit the Chapter documents while the Book file is open, all will be fine.

But don't use the Book feature unless you have to - it adds complexity. The only reason to ever use it is if your computer can't handle the entire project as a single file. If your computer can handle it then you're just increasing complexity for no added advantage.

A lot of people who create books as a single file link all text frames together but I recommend splitting up the frames into chapter stories, even if they're all part of one file. This will increase performance in Publisher and allow older computers to handle even complex projects.

Cheers

[Raul Ciannella]

Hi Mike,

thank you. yes, you're probably right. The book feature is giving me a lot of pain. I thought it would be easier. But I'll just create sections for the different articles as I will have to publish them individually online as well as a whole book on paper.

Thanks again.

 

Raul