Footnote numbers are not updated

steve11235 · June 2, 2020, 5:38am

I have a book with a number of footnotes, with the number restarting on each page. Under various circumstances, including the text having the note moving to a new page, the footnote is not renumbered. Using F9 and Tools > Update All has no effect.

My work around is to change from numbers to Roman numerals and back. Also, if I change the Counting to Per document and back to Per page, everything updates.

Version: 6.3.4.2
Ubuntu 19.04

I tried reproducing it in a small document and was unsuccessful. The document where the problem occurs is 180 pages long, single spaced. I have also noticed that automatic spell checking stops working if too many errors accumulate, although that is easy to fix by mass correcting problems.

I suspect that an internal timer is stopping the updating process, due to the size of the document and the number of footnotes; this would prevent the application from becoming sluggish.

ajlittoz · June 2, 2020, 5:46am

Which LO version? Which OS?

Can you provide a 2-page sample file still exhibiting the issue? Can you characterise the “various circumstances”?

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steve11235 · June 2, 2020, 3:54pm

Thank you for responding. I updated my question. I suspect that the problem has to do with the large size of the document.

LeroyG · June 2, 2020, 4:13pm

steve11235,

If you save and reopen the document, the numbers are updated?

ajlittoz · June 2, 2020, 4:41pm

@steve11235: I have documents in the 250-400 pages range and not experiencing the issue. But I use continuous numbering (not restarting on every page; sometimes chapter numbered). Also I have a moderate number of footnotes (many pages without any).

Make sure style Text Body is enabled (this will space paragraphs apart, using more page estate). Try to create a one-page “lorem ipsum” (type “lorem” without quotes and immediately F3; repeat to fill a page). Then add notes every word or so so that you “saturate” the footnote space, causing text to spill over next page with a fex notes on this second page too.