Re: [libreoffice-users] Identical footnote settings work in one file but not another

At 10:30 27/01/2016 +0700, Ken Heard wrote:
> One setting I could not find was to change the footnote anchor. Is 
> it possible to use a symbol such as an asterisk instead of a number 
> as the anchor?

Yes: select Character (and insert the required character) instead of 
Automatic in the Insert Footnote/Endnote dialogue.

> Finally in Tools -> Footnotes I could not understand the purpose of 
> the character styles for the text and footnote areas.

These set the style of the footnote anchor and the footnote number in 
the footnote itself.

> Since however the defaults for these are "Footnote Anchor" and 
> "Footnote Characters" respectively, perhaps I don't need to.

You can use these styles, or change these styles, or substitute others.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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