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Old 07-25-2010, 01:45 PM   #39
Terisa de morgan
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Originally Posted by GeoffC View Post
The argument is that the footnotes are to be seen on the same page as the reference ?!
As the virtual page size increases because of font increase, any footnote at the bottom of the device screen moves accordingly off the screen ?
Yes, of course. If the base text moves, so the footnote does.

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Originally Posted by charleski View Post
As I've already pointed out, they don't do it particularly well. A proper solution is far harder, particularly in the presence of multiple anchors and widow/orphan control.

Screen-based readers don't need to stick to a single-window paradigm, and so simply don't need to resort to ugly solutions.
Well, perhaps it's a nice solution for some people and the two options (end of book - end of page) should be available, not only one of them.
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