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Brända hemman
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June 26, 2022
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End notes i separate boxes

  • June 26, 2022
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Hi there,

I am designing a brief (13 pages) with 50+ endnotes. I want some of the content to be in separate boxes that I can move around in the layout. The box texts are not connected to a specific part of the main text. Is there any way to do this while keeping endnotes in order? I want the notes in the boxes to follow the order in the document. Not: 32, 33, 34 and then (in the box) 49.

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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June 27, 2022

"Attached you will find a screenshot of a page with text and a separate text-box, both with endnotes. In this case I have threaded the text so that it runs through the box, making the endnote come in the right order. If I want to move this box to another location, I need to re-thread the text again. Quite a lot of work."

 

I'm not sure what I am seeing here…

So, it seems that you are working with several text frames in your main story where the endnote references are done. Don't think this is necessary at all. You could do it with one single text frame with two columns. The blue fill behind the text in "Certification" could be done easily with paragraph shading; no extra frame needed! Look up paragraph shading in the paragraph panel or the paragraph styles panel.

 

Here your screenshot posted inline in the message:

 

 

FWIW:
I was under the impression that you had difficult times to work with the endnote text stories, the frames where your endnote texts are stored. Obviously now I was wrong.

 

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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June 27, 2022

Hi Brända,

endnote texts are always in a separate story that could be threaded in several text frames.

So yes, you can move around the text frames of the endnote text story. But note, that you have to move them around. Even from spread to spread. Copy/paste or cut/paste will not work!

 

There is no automatic function that the threaded text frames will contain the "right" endnote texts for a given spread or page. For that feature we have InDesign's footnotes.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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Brända hemmanAuthor
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June 27, 2022

Thanks. I interpret the reply as: no, there is no way to make endnotes come in the right order if they are in a separate box (that can be moved around). I have to use footnotes to make them come in the right order, is that correct?

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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June 27, 2022

"I have to use footnotes to make them come in the right order, is that correct?"

 

I assume, yes.

Just to be sure, could you show a screenshot of the layout you like to do?

 

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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