Footnote Anchors?

[Barb Binder]

When I open a Word doc with footnotes in FrameMaker, sometimes the footnotes convert properly (shown in blue below), and sometimes they show up several characters to the left of what appears to be a footnote anchor (shown in red below). (I know, there's no such thing as a footnote anchor.) I can fix them, and I can try saving in various formats, but I'm wondering if anyone has direct experience with these anchors, and knows how to prevent them in the future.

[Art Campbell]

Frame's import and export filters are notoriously wonky...

If I were you, I'd avoid opening directly from the Word file if at all possible. Instead, in Word, SaveAs RTF, and open the RTF in Frame. If some stuff doesn't convert, remember that you can also specify the Japanese RTF import filter, which works better for many people. Then, in Frame, SaveAs MIF to clean up hidden Word characters that can cause problems.

Why not try this alternate route and see what the footnotes look like?

Cheers,

Art

[Barb Binder]

Thanks Art. In my experience, converting to RTF first usually makes Frame drop a footnote or two (or more) in each chapter, and then I have to comb through to figure out which ones are missing... I'm trying to get back to the days of old (pre-7) when the footnotes simply behaved as expected. ~Barb

[AxialInfo]

Barb, the "wrong location" footnote in your example is at the end of a paragraph, while the good ones are "inside" text in a paragraph. I'd bet dollars to donuts that this is the key reason that some get converted properly while others don't.

As a test if you can go back to the same Word doc, try adding a word or two at the end of the "wrong" paragraph, being sure that your cursor is located after Word's footnote location anchor rather than inserting words just prior to the anchor, and try the import to FM again.  One strategy to be sure the cursor is located in the right position is to place it in the following paragraph and then use the left arrow key to move backward, doing just one click to get it into the previous paragraph, rather than just clicking at what Word might show as the end of the first paragraph, because that may be 'in front of" the footnote location.

Sheila