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nukubolu
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Jul 28, 2021

Footnotes

My thesis is in language editing and as I get a chapter back, I notice that on some page the footnote does no longer appear on the page where it is cited; it now appears on the following page. On som...
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Lenka_Kerumova
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Hello nukubolu,

there might be a handful of reasons. Is there space before/after set in the footnote? Is the line separator also set to have space before/after?

I understand the academic requirements, so if none of the before mentioned helps or works, I used to insert a page break at the place where I knew the footnotes would make it on the same page. Not aesthetic, but compliant.

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nukubolu
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Jul 29, 2021
I've given your suggestion of a line break a try but the problem is that the line before doesn't extend all the way to the edge of the margin in the justify setting. Is there a way to fix that?
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    Lenka_Kerumova
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    Jul 30, 2021

    Hello nukubolu ,

    yes, there is, but it may not work for the line you chose. You need to choose one which reaches the right margin as closely as possible, and do a manual line break (shift+enter) and then hit the normal 'return' key (ENTER) and then page break. Delete the extra line it creates.

    With that you need to have, however, the advanced option (File→Options→Advanced)  of 'Don't expand character spaces on a line that ends with SHIFT+RETURN' in Layout unticked.

     

    Or, instead of inserting a page break, mark the entire following paragraph for 'Keep lines together'.

    Or, mark the following paragraph as 'Keept with next' - again, instead of a page break.

     

    There are many options, depending on the text.

    Sometimes, we need to create tricks of our own to work around Word features.

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