Endnotes broken?

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October 23, 2022
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Hi Indesign endnote fans,
I'm wondering if there's a problem/bug with endnotes or whether I'm expecting them to work in a way they were not designed to.

Do they only work correctly if applied in a single text flow or should they be consistent through separate text boxes?
In the example screengrabs, Endnote1.jpg shows three endnotes in the first two columns (which flow one to the other) and then two more in the box-out panel which are also consecutive.

However, as shown in Endnote2.jpg, when I add a new endnote below the box-out, Indesign renumbers the endnotes in the panel to be subsequent to the new one but which is actually below them rendering it very much out of order.

Any ideas most welcome.
Thanks, Yan

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Yan,

you could work around the issue if you do your "separate text" not with an extra text frame, but with the text flow of the other text. Use paragraph shading for that text. It's a paragraph property.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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yancowlesAuthor

Known Participant

Hi Uwe, thanks for jumping in - yes, I'd considered that but what I showed was just for example and the actual job is a 70pp document with somewhat more elaborate box-outs plus various tables which will contain endnotes also.
These would also have to be within the text flow and I'm not sure that's going to be feasible.

cheers,
Yan