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Originally Posted by DavidF
OK, so I have two functionality questions
1) I read some books with lots of footnotes (Terry Pratchet), using the Kobo original and wifi, these footnotes are either shown at the end of the chapter or the end of the book. Is this better on the Touch ?
2) I read some books with a list of characters or maps in the first few pages, does the Touch allow for an easy "Jump to Page xxx" and back again ? (something my current readers dont do)
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In response to 1). I too read TP books and Snuff allowed me to tap on the footnote number on the page and a small dialog was displayed with footnote text displayed within it. You could cancel / close the dialog, or tap the See More option which would then take you to the footnote in the footnotes section, and tapping on the footnote number would then take you back to the page it was found on, or if you tap to bring up the menu, you can select the Back option to take you back, that might actually answer your Q2 as well.
The only issue I had was some of the footnotes were rather lengthy and so the dialog that popped up truncated the full text. However, with the See More option I could go to the full footnote and read it, and then jump back.
I'm not sure if a book needs to be formatted in a specific way to allow this functionality to work. I've tried Snuff and Unseen Accademicals and the function works, however, Monstrous Regiment does not have functioning footnotes, if you tap on them, they do nothing. I'm sure another TP book I was reading would simply jump to the footnote in the footnotes page. But again, it's easy enough to get back in that case.