FM2015 - Is there a way to 'skip' a footnote number?

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October 18, 2016
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I have a very large, very detailed table that has *many* footnotes.

A reviewer noted that it's difficult to distinguish between 'i' and 'j' (footnotes use a small font size)... is there a way to skip a number? (e.g. go directly from 'h' to 'j')

Thanks either way

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Correct answer Bob_Niland

I'm going to disagree with the normally infallible Barb here, and say yes, you can:

Format > Document > Numbering: Footnote tab

Format: Custom

Pattern:
[abcdefghjklmopqrstuvwxyz]

Just leave out the letters you want to skip.

If you only enter the string shown, and need more than 25 footnotes, it rolls over to aa, bb, cc, etc.

The dialog accepts some very large number of characters. Whether that could be say, arbitrary Unicode, is not known to me.

Bob_Niland

Correct answer

Community Expert

I'm going to disagree with the normally infallible Barb here, and say yes, you can:

Format > Document > Numbering: Footnote tab

Format: Custom

Pattern:
[abcdefghjklmopqrstuvwxyz]

Just leave out the letters you want to skip.

If you only enter the string shown, and need more than 25 footnotes, it rolls over to aa, bb, cc, etc.

The dialog accepts some very large number of characters. Whether that could be say, arbitrary Unicode, is not known to me.

jaggedpeakAuthor

Inspiring

That's geat! Thanks, Bob.

Barb Binder

Community Expert

No, they are definitely sequential.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

jaggedpeakAuthor

Inspiring

Alas, I figured that was the case.

Thanks.

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