InDesign users have been waiting for straddling footnotes for a very long time, and they are finally here! If you are working with multi-column text frames, inserted footnotes can span across all columns when Span Footnotes Across Columns is selected in the Layout pane of the Type>Document Footnote Options dialog. When selected, this option allows all the footnotes in a document to straddle across all columns, or when deselected, footnotes revert back to the original behavior.

Note: This option is checked by default for new documents, but when an existing document is opened, the footnotes will behave as originally set.

Span Footnotes Across Columns can be turned on or off for individual text boxes to override the Document Footnote Options. Select the text box and choose Object>Text Frame Options. In the Footnotes pane, choose Enable Overrides and then select or deselect the span footnotes option.

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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy
Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.
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