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Force update footnote separator between number and start of text

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    • October 20, 2011 at 3:00 am #60836
      damiang
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      I'm trying to force ID (CS5) to update the separator between the footnote number and the start of the footnote text. I have set it to an en space in footnote prefs, but in some parts of the document it remains a normal space. I have tried a grep search and replace “(^F) space” to “$1~>” in the footnote paragraph style only, but ID crashes everytime. In the past, the grep S&R outputs double footnote number and can't work out why.

      I really don't want to go and type in en space through 300 odd footnotes.

      Any suggestions welcome.

      Thanks

      Damian

      Ok, got a workaround. Grep S&R:

      Find: ~F space

      Replace:$1@@@ (@@@ is a unique combination to be searched for in the next step.)

      Find: @@@

      Replace ~>

    • October 20, 2011 at 4:01 am #60840
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Surely this can be done in Type>Doucment Footnote Options…

    • October 20, 2011 at 5:09 am #60843
      damiang
      Participant

      One would think, but didn't make a difference when I tried. I changed the separator to an em white space, clicked ok on the dialogue box, then opened footnote options again, and changed back to en space, clicked ok. It changed some of the footnotes, but not others. Weird.

    • October 20, 2011 at 7:49 am #60850
      David Goodrich
      Participant

      I took special interest in damiang's problem because most of my jobs require extensive footnotes, often with an en-space separator. I couldn't quite duplicate it in IDCS4, though I did notice that when I use the Footnote Options to swap the separator between ftnt number and ftnt text from en-dash to em-dash, the change didn't always appear to “take” instantly; but scrolling up or down to another page seemed to fix things.

      If that's all it is, I'm not so worried. But what bugs me about ID's footnote options is how it sometimes “forgets” to include the Rule Above for continued footnotes when that setting differs from the first footnote in a column. Maybe scrolling up or down would fix this, but I don't think so. The only way I know to refresh the rule above is to change the setting and then change it back, but I don't always remember to do this as my last step before sending out proofs.

      David

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