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Body text is pushed to next page because of long footnote, leaving a gap on page

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    • February 5, 2020 at 5:01 am #1227307
      Hiro Ober
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      I couldn’t figure out how to solve this issue. Given that I’m not allowed to split the footnote, when the footnote is very long, in order to leave enough space for it, the body text is pushed to the next page, then it leaves a large gap on the previous page. Any way to avoid it? I hope you can understand the situation. Here is a screengrab:

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    • February 5, 2020 at 5:17 am #14323139
      Hiro Ober
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      another screengrab hoping it shows the problem better.

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    • February 5, 2020 at 6:33 am #14323138
      Theunis De Jong
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      There is no logical single (best, least-worst, satisfactory) solution for this. If your client complains about the large gap, tell him you need to split the footnote to fill it. If the client complains about a split note, show that white gap and let him choose between these two.

      I usually try to find an earlier page that was deemed ‘good enough’ but can actually handle either more lines (by reducing the tracking on selected lines) or less (forcing one or more paragraphs one line longer than their natural length). Playing with that might give you enough room to either fix (= that *huge* note will fit on the previous page) or hide (= the gap could be made smaller) the issue.

    • February 5, 2020 at 3:31 pm #14323133
      Hiro Ober
      Member

      Thank you so much for confirming that! I’ll try your suggestion!

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