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Footnote Help

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September 15, 2022
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I have a document with "Did you Know" textboxes anchored in the body copy. I want to add footnotes to these anchored textboxes that will continue from the general text. As of now, when I try to add a footnote to the textbox, it gets inserted into the bottom of the textbox, and not at the bottom of the page with the rest of the footnotes. Any ideas?

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi @Graphics5F97 ,

as Willi already said, do not anchor text frames.

Let the "Did you know" paragraphs flow with all other text as separate paragraphs with your main text flow.

To style the border, look into the paragraph shading and paragraph border feature of a paragraph and a paragraph style.

https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/indesign/using/whats-new/2018.html

Scroll down to section "Create a paragraph border":

https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/indesign/using/formatting-paragraphs.html

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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Laubender

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Hi @Graphics5F97 ,

as Willi already said, do not anchor text frames.

Let the "Did you know" paragraphs flow with all other text as separate paragraphs with your main text flow.

To style the border, look into the paragraph shading and paragraph border feature of a paragraph and a paragraph style.

https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/indesign/using/whats-new/2018.html

Scroll down to section "Create a paragraph border":

https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/indesign/using/formatting-paragraphs.html

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

Barb Binder

Community Expert

You can make paragraphs appear to be in text boxes using Borders and Shading. That would greatly simplify your layout. Can you share a sample screen shot of a page with a "Did You Know" so that we can be more specific?

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Graphics5F97Author

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Yes I think if the "Did You Know" box would be part of the paragraph it would make everything simpler. How would it work with this layout?

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Make the frames not with anchored frames as you do now. Create a paragraph style in a normal text flow with frames. There you will be able to insert footnotes.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

What you could do:

Make the anchred frame without any stroke.
Make a text frame in the frame with the means of the paragraph style, so wide that the footnote fits beween text rame and text.

I know it is a kind of aking, but maybe that it will work.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

Willi is right. Footnotes are inherently contained in the same text frame, regardless of the document structure.

I'd have to experiment, but end notes might do what you want. I'm not clear on where you want the material to continue to, though. If it's from the "teaser" text to any location further on in the doc, end notes could work. Otherwise, you can make each "DYK" its own text flow (story) and continue the flow anywhere you like.

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Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

You have to anchor these frame and add the footnotes outside these text frames.

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