How to edit footnote comment positions using a style
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Open the topic style sheet that you want to modify.
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Complete one of the following sets of steps, depending on whether you want to use the Simplified view or Advanced view in the Stylesheet Editor.
- Simplified The Simplified view is better for new users. It provides an easier way to apply properties to styles, with format options available from a toolbar (similar to the way one would use the Text Format toolbar to change the look topic content without a style). In many cases, only the most common property options are available in the Simplified view (e.g., font, letter/word spacing, paragraph alignment/indentation, auto-numbering format, borders, background). One advantage of the Simplified view is that you can apply a property to multiple styles at the same time. You can also click a check box to hide the properties in the editor, allowing you to see only the styles.
- Advanced The Advanced view displays style classes and properties in hierarchical tree structures. It is not as quick as using the Simplified view, but it allows you to edit a great deal more settings than are available in the Simplified view.
Warning: When editing styles, make sure the proper medium is selected in the Stylesheet Editor before you begin (you can do this from the Medium drop-down list). Flare remembers the last medium that you used when working in the style sheet, so it may or may not be the one that you want to use the next time around. If you want all mediums to use the same setting, select the "default" medium and the properties will "trickle down" to the other mediums. If you are not using different mediums, you do not need to worry about selecting one when you edit styles.
- In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays
(which means that the Simplified view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays 
instead, then click it. - In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field
and select Show Footnote Styles. - Select the appropriate footnote style. If you used the default style when inserting the footnotes, then select MadCap|footnote. Otherwise, if you have used a class of that style (e.g., MadCap|footnote.BeginnersManual) that you created previously, then select it instead.
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In the local toolbar of the editor, click
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Select the Footnote tab.
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From the Position field, select one of the following:
- End of Page This places the footnote comment at the end of the page where the in-text footnote number is inserted.
- End of Topic This places the footnote comment at the end of the topic where the in-text footnote number is inserted. This is similar to the previous option. However, a single topic may result in multiple pages in the output. This option ensures that the footnote is placed at the end of the topic, not necessarily on the same page where the corresponding number or symbol is placed.
- End of Section This places the footnote comment at the end of the section where the footnote number is inserted.
- End of Chapter This places the footnote comment at the end of the chapter where the footnote is inserted.
- Endnote Proxy This is designed to place the footnote comment at a specific location in the output, such as at the end of the book. It works in conjunction with an endnotes proxy, which you create separately. The comment displays wherever you insert the endnotes proxy.
- In the Properties dialog, click OK.
- In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays (which means that the Advanced view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays instead, then click it.
- In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field and select Show Footnote Styles.
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In the Styles section, select the appropriate footnote style. If you used the default style when inserting the footnotes, select MadCap|footnote. Otherwise, if you have used a class of that style (e.g., MadCap|footnote.BeginnersManual) that you created previously, then select it instead.
- From the Show Properties drop-down list
on the upper-right side of the editor, select Show: Property Groups. -
In the Properties section, click the plus button
next to Unclassified to expand the group.The property name is shown in the left column. The right column is used for selecting and entering values for the property.
- Locate the mc-footnote-position property.
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Click in the value column on the right side of that property, and select one of the following:
- chapter This places the footnote comment at the end of the chapter where the in-text footnote number is inserted.
- endnote This is designed to place the footnote comment at a specific location in the output, such as at the end of the book. It works in conjunction with an endnotes proxy, which you create separately. The comment displays wherever you insert the endnotes proxy.
- page This places the footnote comment at the end of the page where the in-text footnote number is inserted.
- section This places the footnote comment at the end of the section where the in-text footnote number is inserted.
- topic This places the footnote comment at the end of the topic where the in-text footnote number is inserted. This is similar to the previous option. However, a single topic may result in multiple pages in the output. This option ensures that the footnote is placed at the end of the topic, not necessarily on the same page where the corresponding number or symbol is placed.
- chapter This places the footnote comment at the end of the chapter where the in-text footnote number is inserted.
- Press CTRL+S or click
to save your work.
If using the Simplified view:
If using the Advanced view:
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