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Endnote < > Footnote conversion problem

Engaged ,
Jul 28, 2021 Jul 28, 2021

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When converting endnotes to footnote or vice-versa, all the formatting is lost except for the main Paragraph and Character tags. This bug has not been addressed yet in the updates.

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Adobe Employee , Jul 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021

Hi there,

 

Sorry to hear about this. I would request if you could share a few more details like:

  • OS and version of InDesign 
  • Screenshots of the issue (Before and After)
  • Is the issue related to a specific document? If yes, could you please share the document with us? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/share.html) and share the download link. 
  • From where you are importing the Footnotes?

 

You may also check out this video tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x7xIG7-qEI

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Guide , Jul 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021

As Uwe wrote, if your problem is just a matter of "small caps", simply run before conversion a simplistic regex that applies a "small caps" char style to all the "small caps" text limiting this F/R to the footnotes (supposing you used a specific para style for footnotes -- that makes things so simple to be played for you)!

 

(^/)  The Jedi

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Guide , Aug 01, 2021 Aug 01, 2021

Aha! I've found a new lazy guy as me! …

 

Sometime ago, a guy asked me how to convert footnotes to endnotes but not all, just some!

That means get around the InDesign by default global conversion!

 

I've just tested the Script I wrote for him, and, with some simple modifications, it could play your game!

… So, once again, "just 1 click!"

 

Of course, if you have overrides at the beginning (before Script), you will still continue to have them at the end (after Script)!  =D

 

You can contact me in private i

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021

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Hi there,

 

Sorry to hear about this. I would request if you could share a few more details like:

  • OS and version of InDesign 
  • Screenshots of the issue (Before and After)
  • Is the issue related to a specific document? If yes, could you please share the document with us? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/share.html) and share the download link. 
  • From where you are importing the Footnotes?

 

You may also check out this video tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x7xIG7-qEI ). Let us know if that helps.

 

 

Regards,

Srishti 

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Engaged ,
Jul 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021

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OS: Windows 10, latest updates

InDesign: 16.3

Screen shots attached. You will see that all small caps and italics were stripped. I have over 400 notes, do each one of them had to ne fixed.

The conversions were made inside InDesign.

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Community Expert ,
Jul 30, 2021 Jul 30, 2021

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Hi NIRC,

I would not call this a bug. Once I did, see the link to my bug report below.

It's more a missing feature that manual style overrides are not transferred.

 

If that's a bug for you report it at InDesign UserVoice:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs

When done come back and post the link to the report so that others could vote for fixing it.

 

Or join me with this bug report where I also mentioned the issue:

 

[ CC-2019 and 2020 ] The Convert-Endnotes-To-Footnotes Disaster SCOPE: SELECTION with CONTEXT MENU
Uwe Laubender, February 20, 2020
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/39756448--cc-2019-and-2...

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

 

PS: Why is this thread marked as resolved with a "Correct Answer" ?

Apparently the issue is not resolved!

 

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Community Expert ,
Jul 30, 2021 Jul 30, 2021

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Alright, let's talk about workarounds.

The most obvious one:

Do not use manual style overrides.

Always use character styles.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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Engaged ,
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Obviously not a solution, just a temporary work around. But for my 400+ notes, it is unworkable. I consider this a proper BUG.

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Guide ,
Jul 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021

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As Uwe wrote, if your problem is just a matter of "small caps", simply run before conversion a simplistic regex that applies a "small caps" char style to all the "small caps" text limiting this F/R to the footnotes (supposing you used a specific para style for footnotes -- that makes things so simple to be played for you)!

 

(^/)  The Jedi

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Engaged ,
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Of course this is an option. But it's not just small caps and italics. There are font changes, superscripts and subscripts, etc. So I think it is better the problem be fixed than force a workaround on users.

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Guide ,
Aug 01, 2021 Aug 01, 2021

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Aha! I've found a new lazy guy as me! …

 

Sometime ago, a guy asked me how to convert footnotes to endnotes but not all, just some!

That means get around the InDesign by default global conversion!

 

I've just tested the Script I wrote for him, and, with some simple modifications, it could play your game!

… So, once again, "just 1 click!"

 

Of course, if you have overrides at the beginning (before Script), you will still continue to have them at the end (after Script)!  =D

 

You can contact me in private if interested by it won't be a for free solution!

 

(^/)

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Guide ,
Aug 01, 2021 Aug 01, 2021

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Test (before/after).

 

Btw, I hope your char enrichments are not as weird as mine! [most are manual … don't search any sense to them: just for the game!]  =D

 

Before!Before!

 

After!After!

 

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Aug 01, 2021 Aug 01, 2021

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Thanks, but no thanks. I use too many fonts (some of them non-Roman) and prefer to wait for InDesign to fix this problem properly.

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Guide ,
Aug 01, 2021 Aug 01, 2021

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Nothing to see! It's only a matter of manual char enrichment!

... And about waiting for Id, sure if you have years to achieve your work!

 

(^/)

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Aug 01, 2021 Aug 01, 2021

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NIRC said:

"Thanks, but no thanks. I use too many fonts (some of them non-Roman) and prefer to wait for InDesign to fix this problem properly."

 

A script could handle that case as well.

The other workaround, you already guessed it:

[1] Add a new footnote.

[2] Move your formatted text from the endnote section to the new footnote text.

 

For that enable "Drag and Drop Text Editing" in:

Preferences > Type > Drag and Drop Text Editing

[ x ] Enable in Layout View

[ x ] Enable in Story Editor

 

You could open two Story Editor windows.

One with your main text flow, the other with the endnote text frame.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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