Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 60946
Footnote Text on different page than its Anchor
Last modified: 2013-11-15 04:23:50 UTC
If a footnote appears near the end of the page and there is insufficient space for the footnote on that page, the footnote moves to the next page, while the footnote's anchor remains on the same page. The requirement is that footnotes should always appear on the same page as their anchor, even if this results in a large area of white space at the bottom of a page. Where the footnote paragraph style is not set to "Do not split paragraph" at least one line should be kept with the footnote anchor. If Widow/Orphan protection is enabled, then two lines should be kept with the footnote anchor. Special case to consider: Where two or more notes appear in the same line or in the same protected paragraph as the last note, all of the notes should be moved to the next page if the last note does not fit.
Created attachment 33435 [details] Footnote 3 separated from its reference number
Pesala, works fine for me with OOO-dev m151 WinXP SP2. I'm closing this one for now. Feel free to reopen it if necessary (if you can reproduce with latest version), uploading the file. Thank you. Hwoarang
Hi, I still can reproduce the error, I will attach a sample file. Tried with OO-dev 151 Win32Intel on Win2000. Matthias
Created attachment 33450 [details] sample file - footnote 2 is on a seperate page than its anchor
Can reproduce with OOo-dev m151 Win98SE -> Reopened. Pesala, thank you for the file. Hwoarang
reproducible.
The file was from me :-) The demonstrated error not only occurs if you have few big footnotes like in the sample file but also if you have many little notes with about 2 lines, but this one is harder to reproduce. Matthias
MRU->FME: have a look at the attachment; there, footnote 2 is on page 1, while the footnote text is on next page. I think, this should not be.
This bug causes another problem: If you enable "footnote numbering per page" and a footnote from the previous site "slipped" onto the current site (like in fussnoteverrutscht.odt) you have two footnotes with the same number on one page...
FME: Footnote 2 has the "do not split" attribute set. So there are two possible ways to resolve the situation: 1. The way OOo currently does 2. Ignore the "do not split" attribute 3. Move the "offending" footnote anchor to the next page, which can cause a lot of empty space on the current page. 1. is also the way Word handles this situation. So for compatibility reasons, we should keep our current behaviour. Btw., this only applies if there are more than one footnote on the page. Therefore I set this one to "Invalid". You should consider filing a "request for enhancement" or a feature issue (including a feature specification would be fine) if you like.
closed.
this is causing me troubles in ubuntu 6.06 OOo 2.0.2. This is not a feature enhancement, this is a bug. please reopen this bug and fix this. footnotes are supposed to stay in the same page as the anchor is. it's very frustrating that this has been known for a while and not fixed.
see (and vote for) http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70437
I can still reproduce this problem with the newest OOo Writer (3.1.0) and it needs to be reopened.
Happened to me while writing a paper, very annoying, needs to be fixed.
No idea why this was closed as invalid. It still affects the latest version. I don't care any more personally as I now use Serif™ PagePlus X5, which supports OpenType fonts.
I think it is obvious that since the footnote is set to "do not split", and it won't all fit on the previous page, then it should be moved to the next page — together with its anchor. Who cares what Word does? They do not set the standards for all other applications.
I just checked what PagePlus X5 does — it follows the second method — it ignores the "keep text together" attribute and W/O protection, keeping one line of two on the same page as the footnote anchor, and moves the other line of the footnote to the next page (text frame). If there are three lines in the footnote, it keeps two on the same page as the anchor and moves one, or keeps one and moves two. This is a better solution IMO, as it avoids the large white space problem.
reproduced this in 3.3 Causes problems and needs to be fixed to avoid style issues. The footnote and anchor have to stay on the same page or at least keep a few lines of the footnote with the anchor to keep it together. Or move the entire footnote to the next page.
Reproduced on Apache OpenOffice configuration 4.01 Rev. 1524958, Windows 7, by generating lorem ipsum paragraphs and using a considerably sizable footnotes.
I replicated the original issue with footnote being on a different page than its anchor on Win7 and AOO Version 4.0.1. In addition, there is the possibility of a footnote being split onto two different pages. I will upload the .odt With footnote two being anchored on the first page, and starting on the first page, but the conclusion of the footnote is at the bottom of page 2.
Created attachment 81922 [details] SplitFootnote.odt
Replicated successfully on 4.0.1
I replicated this issue of the footnote being on a different page than its anchor with version 4.0.1 on Windows 7 64-bit.