Thomas Zastrow wrote: > In fact, there is just one rule for footnote's positions: they have to appear > on the same > page as the text where they were introduced. > this is not absolutely true. there are documents and books written with the footnote numbers and then added at the end of the document or book. this had been around for quite some time. yes, there are still documents that place the references on the same page as you suggest, but this practice is becoming a rarity. although they might not be called footnotes technically, the end result is still the same. end notes or page notes as they are called, allows the reader to read the document unhampered by short pages and making the document contain fewer pages of text, thus reducing printing costs. it also allows the reader to, at their discretion and in their own time, read the reference if they are so inclined.
by designing the document this way eliminates the footnote problem for scribus. my $0.02 dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression." Kandinsky
