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Originally Posted by HarryT
Absolutely. That's pretty much the definition of a footnote.
No, the body text of the book flows with the text size, but the footnote must remain anchored to the foot of the page. No current reader will do this.
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Certainly true but if the actual data is present in the file at the point of the footnote reference then this data can be easily factored into the pagination at the time it is done. If there is not room for the footnote on the page with the text then break the page before the text and place the reference on the next page along with the footnote. The only real problem occurs if the footnote by itself is longer than a page. If so you can start the footnote on the page with the text and give the rest of the footnote page by itself so that the text following the footnote reference begins on a page by itself. It does not have to be done the way a printed book does it.
When the page is in the process of being displayed the reader encounters the footnote text immediately after the reference with no other data. It can then figure out the best way to display the text based on where it needs to appear. You never predefine the location of the footnote for any size text. It is done dynamically always.
Dale