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Liudprand · 08-14-2023, 05:48 PM

There are two separate things going on here, which I think have become confused.

1. Your recommendation. I'm happy to believe it works in the way you say. I will send you an email address, as I'll be interested to have a look at what you mean. But I simply didn't understand the instructions as presented - which I'd like to make clear, at the risk of repeating myself to the point of tedium - I'm sure is a deficiency in my education in these matters, rather than in your instructions themselves.

2. When I say "industry standard", I mean that's what several clients, over quite a few years, have expected me to deliver - which I've in the past done via InDesign. The point isn't that it's my personal preference (though it is); the point is that I have to deliver to my clients what they ask for - and everyone I've done work for wants notes formatted meeting the two specifications I've outlined several times now. In addition, I can't find a book published by any of the most prestigious/well-known publishers - or, indeed, any book at all, though there must be some - that doesn't work according to those specifications. That's all I meant by "industry standard". If you dislike the term, then I'm not wedded to it; call it whatever you like. Thinking about it, I may have seen a few that use "[1]", rather than a superscript "1" - but it's not that common, and I personally have NEVER been asked to format notes in an ebook that way.

Since I've been doing this work for a few years in InDesign, but can manage most of what I need without using InDesign now - except for this one stubborn issue - I was hoping/assuming there was a way of achieving it that didn't require getting into coding terminology - which, for the absolute avoidance of doubt, I am not competent with. I was hoping, in other words, that there was some way of achieving it just using the GUI-like features of the various software out there.

As I say, if you have any counter-examples - books you can point me to on Amazon, with a free sample that shows notes in chapters other than the first that are numbered in sequence throughout the book and/or highlight more than (yes!) a superscript note cue, and none of the surrounding text, I'd be interested to see it.

Once again, thanks for your help, and I'll endeavour to find some way of mugging up on the necessary terminology so that I can understand it.

In the meantime, I will indeed send you a PM with my email.

08-14-2023, 05:48 PM	#31
Liudprand Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2021 Device: Kobo Libra 2	There are two separate things going on here, which I think have become confused. 1. Your recommendation. I'm happy to believe it works in the way you say. I will send you an email address, as I'll be interested to have a look at what you mean. But I simply didn't understand the instructions as presented - which I'd like to make clear, at the risk of repeating myself to the point of tedium - I'm sure is a deficiency in my education in these matters, rather than in your instructions themselves. 2. When I say "industry standard", I mean that's what several clients, over quite a few years, have expected me to deliver - which I've in the past done via InDesign. The point isn't that it's my personal preference (though it is); the point is that I have to deliver to my clients what they ask for - and everyone I've done work for wants notes formatted meeting the two specifications I've outlined several times now. In addition, I can't find a book published by any of the most prestigious/well-known publishers - or, indeed, any book at all, though there must be some - that doesn't work according to those specifications. That's all I meant by "industry standard". If you dislike the term, then I'm not wedded to it; call it whatever you like. Thinking about it, I may have seen a few that use "[1]", rather than a superscript "1" - but it's not that common, and I personally have NEVER been asked to format notes in an ebook that way. Since I've been doing this work for a few years in InDesign, but can manage most of what I need without using InDesign now - except for this one stubborn issue - I was hoping/assuming there was a way of achieving it that didn't require getting into coding terminology - which, for the absolute avoidance of doubt, I am not competent with. I was hoping, in other words, that there was some way of achieving it just using the GUI-like features of the various software out there. As I say, if you have any counter-examples - books you can point me to on Amazon, with a free sample that shows notes in chapters other than the first that are numbered in sequence throughout the book and/or highlight more than (yes!) a superscript note cue, and none of the surrounding text, I'd be interested to see it. Once again, thanks for your help, and I'll endeavour to find some way of mugging up on the necessary terminology so that I can understand it. In the meantime, I will indeed send you a PM with my email.