The process for inline footnotes is similar indeed, these are similar to inline annotations in lots of ways. It is important to decide ahead of time whether to use notes or comments, because, although it is possible, via Edit / Transformations, to transform Annotations into Comments and vice versa, and Inline Footnotes into Inspector Footnotes, and vice versa, you can’t transform notes into comments, or vice versa.įor this blog post, I’m illustrating the process for Inspector linked footnotes. For my mentee writers, it’s up to them how they process my comments I only see the revised version once they’ve completed another edit. I tend to use footnotes when I want to edit on paper, or I’m reviewing another writer’s work and they want to see my comments on paper.įor myself, with the notes appear on the same page as the relevant text, I process them by leaving myself handwritten notes which I then action next time I am on the computer.
Why use footnotes rather than comments?įor onscreen editing, the Comments are more effective, being positioned inside the Inspector pane, alongside the relevant text. If you will need ‘real’ footnotes in the final manuscript, the ones you use for editing simply need to include some distinguishing text, like ‘NOTE TO SELF’ or ‘NOT FOR PUBLICATION’ or, using fewer characters, ‘ZZZ’!. Not so! Footnotes can serve as an editing tool whatever you are writing. You might have assumed footnotes are only relevant for worthy texts – non-fiction books, full of references to other material. Stephen Fry’s The Ode Less Travelled: Footnote 5 on page 17
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