Stopping footnotes extending to the next page

[JimH]

Hello again,

Bob Hunter has asked if SILAS could prevent footnotes and
crossreferences from extending onto the next page.

This would be easy to do -- I would set the "Keep lines together"
attribute of footnote and crossreference styles, so that a footnote or
crossreference will not extend onto the next page, but Word will have
to start the next page early, so that the line containing the caller
of the footnote or reference will appear at the top of the next page,
and the whole footnote or reference would appear at the bottom of the
new page.

My question is this: Are there some projects or branches or situations
where it is good for footnotes to extend over more than one page?

If not, I'll set the attribute as I described above, so that footnotes
would not spill over to the next page. This would make Word move the
line containing the caller, and the attached footnote, onto the next
page.

If so, I would consider adding a checkbox to the Language Properties
dialog, something like
[_] Allow footnotes and xrefs to run over to the next page.
The default would be for footnotes to be constrained to a single page,
without running over to the bottom of the next page.

What do you think?
Jim

[John Macaulay]

My question is this: Are there some projects or branches or situations
where it is good for footnotes to extend over more than one page?

If not, I'll set the attribute as I described above, so that footnotes
would not spill over to the next page. This would make Word move the
line containing the caller, and the attached footnote, onto the next
page.

If so, I would consider adding a checkbox to the Language Properties
dialog, something like
[_] Allow footnotes and xrefs to run over to the next page.
The default would be for footnotes to be constrained to a single page,
without running over to the bottom of the next page.

IF NOT TOO DIFFICULT, JIM, I'D GO FOR THE SECOND OPTION, AS IT GIVES
FLEXIBILITY WORLD WIDE. I THINK THE DEFAULT BEING NOT TO SPILL OVER, WOULD
BE FINE IN MOST CASES. BUT HEY, THE WORLD IS A BIG PLACE, AND GOOD TO ALLOW
FOR DIFFERENCES IN DIFFERENT PLACES.