Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 306)

Numbering Style
Start At
Restart Numbering Every
Show Prefix/Suffix In
Position
Character Style
Paragraph Style
Separator
Changes you make to footnote numbering and layout affect existing footnotes and all new ones.
1. Choose Type > Document Footnote Options.
2. In the Numbering And Formatting tab, select options that determine the numbering scheme and formatting appearance of the reference
number and footnote text.
3. Click the Layout tab, and select options that control the look of the footnote section on the page.
4. Click OK.
Footnote numbering and formatting options
The following options appear in the Numbering And Formatting section of the Footnote Options dialog box:
Choose the numbering style for footnote reference numbers.
Specify the number used for the first footnote in the story. Each story in a document begins with the same Start At number. If you have
multiple documents in a book with continued page numbering, you may want to start the footnote numbering in each chapter to continue where the
last chapter left off.
The Start At option is especially useful for documents in a book. Footnote numbering is not continued across documents in a book.
If you want numbering to restart within the document, select this option and choose Page, Spread, or Section to
determine when footnote numbering is restarted. Some numbering styles, such as asterisks (*), work best when reset every page.
Select this option to show prefixes or suffixes in the footnote reference, the footnote text, or both. Prefixes appear before
the number (such as [1) and suffixes appear after the number (such as 1]). This option is especially useful for placing footnotes within characters,
such as [1]. Type a character or characters or select an option for Prefix, Suffix, or both. To select special characters, click the icons next to the
Prefix and Suffix controls to display a menu.
If you think the footnote reference number is too close to the preceding text, adding one of the space characters as a prefix might improve the
appearance. You can also apply a character style to the reference number.
This option determines the appearance of the footnote reference number, which is superscript by default. If you prefer to format the
number using a character style (such as a character style that includes OpenType superscript settings), choose Apply Normal, and specify the
character style.
You may want to choose a character style to format the footnote reference number. For example, instead of using superscript,
you might want to use a character style at a normal position with an elevated baseline. The menu displays the character styles available in the
Character Styles panel.
You may want to choose a paragraph style that formats the footnote text for all footnotes in the document. The menu displays
the paragraph styles available in the Paragraph Styles panel. By default, the [Basic Paragraph] style is used. Note that the [Basic Paragraph] style
may not have the same appearance as the default font settings for the document.
The separator determines the white space that appears between the footnote number and the start of the footnote text. To change the
separator, first select or delete the existing separator, and then choose a new separator. You can include multiple characters. To insert white
space characters, use the appropriate metacharacter, such as ^m for em space.
Footnote layout options
The following options appear in the Layout section of the Footnote Options dialog box:
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