Footnotes/Endnotes

[Pedrober]

Thank you very much for your answer. IDML footnotes import is essential for me. I hope it will be implemented as soon as possible.

[Last Chance]

Could you export the IDML text into Word? APub does accept the import of Word footnotes.

[Pedrober]

It's true, but direct import from IDML lets me transfer the design already done in ID.

[Last Chance]

@Pedrober I did mean to just export the text - keep the IDML file to import the design into APub, but extract the text (if it's possible) to Word, and then import the text back into your APub design. It all really hinges on whether the text can be extracted with footnotes successfully.

[Pedrober]

Thank you very much for your message. Good idea, for sure.

[Will Wallace]

That sounds like a lot of work to accomplish what Affinity Publisher should be able to do natively.

 

[Amontillado]

38 minutes ago, Will Wallace said:

That sounds like a lot of work to accomplish what Affinity Publisher should be able to do natively.

 

It's not that bad in Affinity 2. Footnotes are created where you want them to appear, with the style you want them to have. So far, I haven't been forced to use a layout I didn't like.

My use for footnotes and endnotes is limited, so there are edges of the envelope I'm sure I haven't seen.

Regarding the Macy's versus Gimbel's debate over importing footnotes from Adobe, I can see that would be nice. It also makes m want to ask if Adobe imports Affinity footnotes transparently. If not importing Adobe footnotes without fussing is a shortcoming of Affinity, seems like we should criticize Adobe if it doesn't transparently import Affinity footnotes.

What the heck, let's criticize Adobe on general principles. 🙂

At least while we can. Affinity and evolution may have select Adobe for the fossil record.

[Amontillado]

Actually, I just realized something. If a frame doesn't have a customized footnote position, you can set document wide or per-frame footnote positions while the frame is selected. It's only if the frame has a different footnote position from document wide that you have to move the focus off the frame to set document-wide footnote positioning.

I can see the logic in that. If you have a frame with footnote positioning you like, changing the document-wide default shouldn't blow away the frame's options.

[MJWHM]

Just received an email with the following tutorial which may be handy. No time to deal with it myself now, but if others have missed it...

https://affinityspotlight.com/article/take-control-of-footnotes-sidenotes-and-endnotes-in-affinity-publisher-2/?utm_source=SpotlightEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SpotlightNewsletter