More footntes on one line

[wernerhintze]

I have a lot of very short footnotes in a text (usually consisting of just one word). I think it would look better if I could summarise these footnotes so that there are several on one line. Can this be realised with InDesign? (It is possible with Affiniti Publisher, but...)

[Willi Adelberger]

Convert footnotes to endnotes. Those you can put everywhere that they look like footnotes. But they have their own frame you are able to design them individually.

[Mike Witherell]

Footnotes are generated and separated by a hard return. So, without conversion and manual intervention, the technical answer is no. 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@wernerhintze

Those are called "run-in" Footnotes and can be achieved only by using 3rd party tools.

[wernerhintze]

Many thanks to everyone who has replied, even if the answer is a little disappointing. I thought it should be possible with a professional tool. Well, yes. So I'll have to put up with the inconvenience of Affinity Publisher for this project...

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

@wernerhintze -- Here's a script for doing inline footnotes:

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/footnote_inline.html

[wernerhintze]

Oh, that looks good. I won't get round to trying it out until the end of the week, but I think that's pretty much what I'm looking for. Thank you very much for the tip.

(I had already been looking for such a script, but as I don't know how to describe my goal in English, I couldn't find anything).

[wernerhintze]

I have now tried it on several examples and it has always worked without any problems. Thanks again for the tip. It remains a mystery why Adobe doesn't integrate this into the app, but the world is full of mysteries anyway, so one more or less doesn't matter... 😉