[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 90921] FOOTNOTES: Allow to place footnotes at the bottom of the text

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90921

adaw2 at email.com changed:

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         Resolution|WONTFIX                     |---
             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED

--- Comment #12 from adaw2 at email.com ---
Team,

The proposed solution is very clever. However, (as far as I can tell,) the
section method does not work for a 2-(or more-)paged document--particularly
where a paragraph on an earlier page rolls over onto the next page.

(One might object that the option is not necessary in such cases, since on each
earlier page the text will reach the bottom of the page before rolling over.
However, this is not the case, because paragraphs with multiple footnotes of
substantial length will frequently leave a gap of several lines between the
bottom of the text on the first page and the top of the footnotes on the first
page.)

The only way to use the section method in such cases is to manually split the
paragraph (and manually adjust the formatting of the second half of the
paragraph to make it look like a continuation of the first half). This solution
quickly becomes unwieldy in larger documents--especially given that edits in
the earlier pages will change the paragraph locations.

Incidentally, the only work-around I have found so far is to manually enter
hard returns after the last footnote on each page in order to move the
footnotes up below the text. However, again, this is not a good solution since
an edit in the early pages of the document frequently requires you to manually
re-position all footnotes in the document.

The energy required to add the option might be great, but the energy required
on the part of users to work around the missing option is also great.

Thank you for your reconsideration.

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