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• • April 2, 2017 at 5:52 pm #93391
    Aarti Malik

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    I am seeing an End of Story (non-printable) marker (#) at the end of every footnote. I have 2 footnotes – one each in two different chapters of a book. Will this cause an issue in printing or e-publishing since this is in the middle of the chapter?

    Haven’t been able to find anything about non-printable markers at the end of footnotes online.

  • April 3, 2017 at 10:21 am #93403
    Dwayne Harris

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    It shouldn’t cause a problem, but it probably means that your footnote isn’t aligned to the bottom of the page.

    When I insert a footnote (only one a page), I always delete the hard return at the end of it. That way, it aligns properly and I don’t get the # marker.

    If multiple footnotes, I always delete the hard return on the last one for the same reasons.

  • April 3, 2017 at 12:48 pm #93413
    Aarti Malik

    Member

    The footnotes were copied over from Word and I double-checked for the hard return at the end of them. In In-Design, I am not seeing any other non-printable character other than the #.

    Is there anything else I could be missing? What else should I be checking for?

  • April 3, 2017 at 1:04 pm #93414
    Ariel W

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    The # is the end-of-story marker. If it is not preceded by a return character, it’s fine. It’s meant to be there at the end of each footnote and won’t come out in print. (Every story in InDesign has one of these at the end, and footnotes are a bit like mini-stories.)

    • April 3, 2017 at 1:48 pm #93415
      Dwayne Harris

      Member

      Yup–you’re right. I, for some reason thought it disappeared when the hard return was deleted in the foonote. But all deleting the hard return does is make sure it aligns properly. The # stays.

  • April 3, 2017 at 1:51 pm #93416
    Aarti Malik

    Member

    Got it… thank you!

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