To me, the first part reads like it is about the footnote text and the second is about the footnote number or letter.
As to the scenario Deborah gave, that's part of why I haven't put in the parentheses, numbers in parentheses are used in many books. I usually make the numbers superscript. That seems unambiguous to me, but I'm not sure how many screen readers indicate this or how it shows up in Braille.
Misha On 6/24/2011 6:13 AM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:
Hi everyone, I just looked at the scanning and proofreading manual. The manual seems to me to contradict itself in two consecutive paragraphs, unless the first bit of information is speaking of the source and not the footnote number. Here is the link to the page on which I found the information and the complete information on footnotes. The first paragraph is what Scott sent to us a while back. The second bit is what Lori sent just yesterday. https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/4.+Proofread+a+book 1) Footnotes a. Don't delete them. b. Enclose a footnote in square brackets. c. For multiple footnotes that occur on one page, group them together at the bottom of the page. Then enclose the entire group of footnotes within one set of square brackets. (For an example, follow the link below to the detail page.) 2) Superscripts and Subscripts a. If footnote numbers or footnote letters are superscripted or subscripted, leave them that way. b. The same holds true if footnote numbers or footnote letters are not superscripted or subscripted: leave them as they are. c. Put parentheses around each footnote number or footnote letter. Also, if not already there, add a space between the footnote number or footnote letter and the word before it. In the body of the text, change this: Unemployment rose in the middle of this decade1. to this: Unemployment rose in the middle of this decade (1). In the footnote itself, change this: 1Applies to the years 2006-2008. to this: (1) Applies to the years 2006-2008. Mayrie 3) Sidebars To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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