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footnotes and epub ebook
I'm using word 2003 to prepare an ebook. The original text is a very old
(1802) science book that has many long footnotes. When I finally set up the ebook, it is probably best to congregate all the footnotes t the end of the book, and it appears simplest to copy/paste all the footnotes one at a time to that location. Eventually I need to convert the word document to plain utf-8 text. On a short test doc my word 2003 crashes when I do this and I think it is because of the footnotes. Is it possible to relocate the footnotes as I'd like, and is there any way to convert the footnotes to plain non-footnote text without losing the text and placement of the footnotes. Thanks for the help! Bob |
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footnotes and epub ebook
You can convert the footnotes into endnotes in the Footnotes dialog.
You can't convert the footnotes to plain text and have them retain their placement without lots of handwork. If you mean footnotes rather than endnotes, keeping them at the bottom of the page would use stuff that wouldn't survive in plain text anyway.. On Apr 26, 9:53*pm, bobcdy wrote: I'm using word 2003 to *prepare an ebook. *The original text is a very old (1802) science book that has many long footnotes. *When I finally set up the ebook, it is probably best to congregate all the footnotes t the end of the book, and it appears simplest to copy/paste all the footnotes one at a time to that location. *Eventually I need to convert the word document to plain utf-8 text. *On a short test doc my word 2003 crashes when I do this and I think it is because of the footnotes. * Is it possible to relocate the footnotes as I'd like, and is there any way to convert the footnotes to plain non-footnote text without losing the text and placement of the footnotes. Thanks for the help! Bob |
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You can convert the footnotes into endnotes in the Footnotes dialog.
You can't convert the footnotes to plain text and have them retain their placement without lots of handwork. If you mean footnotes rather than endnotes, keeping them at the bottom of the page would use stuff that wouldn't survive in plain text anyway.. On Apr 26, 9:53*pm, bobcdy wrote: I'm using word 2003 to *prepare an ebook. *The original text is a very old (1802) science book that has many long footnotes. *When I finally set up the ebook, it is probably best to congregate all the footnotes t the end of the book, and it appears simplest to copy/paste all the footnotes one at a time to that location. *Eventually I need to convert the word document to plain utf-8 text. *On a short test doc my word 2003 crashes when I do this and I think it is because of the footnotes. * Is it possible to relocate the footnotes as I'd like, and is there any way to convert the footnotes to plain non-footnote text without losing the text and placement of the footnotes. Thanks for the help! Bob |
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footnotes and epub ebook
The OP is mentioning epub in his subject line. As the epub format is
actually xhtml at its core, the concept of footnotes is not available. This is actually one of the greatest weaknesses of epub. The current workaround suggested by epub specialists is to use some type of endnotes which provide a 'back link'. Basically, when you click the endnote marker, the ereader takes you to the endnote, and then when you click the endnote, the ereader takes you back to where you were reading. Having footnotes retain their placement is pointless. The entire concept of epubs (or any decent digital book format) is that they reflow according to the specfications of the device. The same book on a 6'' PRS-600 and a 9.7'' Kindle DX will look totally different. The latter will hold way more text on one page (if you use the same letter size). Yves "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... You can convert the footnotes into endnotes in the Footnotes dialog. You can't convert the footnotes to plain text and have them retain their placement without lots of handwork. If you mean footnotes rather than endnotes, keeping them at the bottom of the page would use stuff that wouldn't survive in plain text anyway.. On Apr 26, 9:53 pm, bobcdy wrote: I'm using word 2003 to prepare an ebook. The original text is a very old (1802) science book that has many long footnotes. When I finally set up the ebook, it is probably best to congregate all the footnotes t the end of the book, and it appears simplest to copy/paste all the footnotes one at a time to that location. Eventually I need to convert the word document to plain utf-8 text. On a short test doc my word 2003 crashes when I do this and I think it is because of the footnotes. Is it possible to relocate the footnotes as I'd like, and is there any way to convert the footnotes to plain non-footnote text without losing the text and placement of the footnotes. Thanks for the help! Bob |
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footnotes and epub ebook
The OP is mentioning epub in his subject line. As the epub format is actually xhtml at its core, the concept of footnotes is not available. This is actually one of the greatest weaknesses of epub. The current workaround suggested by epub specialists is to use some type of endnotes which provide a 'back link'. Basically, when you click the endnote marker, the ereader takes you to the endnote, and then when you click the endnote, the ereader takes you back to where you were reading. Having footnotes retain their placement is pointless. The entire concept of epubs (or any decent digital book format) is that they reflow according to the specfications of the device. The same book on a 6'' PRS-600 and a 9.7'' Kindle DX will look totally different. The latter will hold way more text on one page (if you use the same letter size). Yves "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... You can convert the footnotes into endnotes in the Footnotes dialog. You can't convert the footnotes to plain text and have them retain their placement without lots of handwork. If you mean footnotes rather than endnotes, keeping them at the bottom of the page would use stuff that wouldn't survive in plain text anyway.. On Apr 26, 9:53 pm, bobcdy wrote: I'm using word 2003 to prepare an ebook. The original text is a very old (1802) science book that has many long footnotes. When I finally set up the ebook, it is probably best to congregate all the footnotes t the end of the book, and it appears simplest to copy/paste all the footnotes one at a time to that location. Eventually I need to convert the word document to plain utf-8 text. On a short test doc my word 2003 crashes when I do this and I think it is because of the footnotes. Is it possible to relocate the footnotes as I'd like, and is there any way to convert the footnotes to plain non-footnote text without losing the text and placement of the footnotes. Thanks for the help! Bob |
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