FOOTNOTE FORMATTING

Abstract: A method of and system for, formatting footnotes during preparation of a document. Footnotes and body text are input to separate frames and stored separately. In addition each footnote is input to a separate frame. For input of footnotes, formatting is operator establishable, but restricted to the body thereof. That is, margins can be set, indent levels can be set, etc. For pagination and merging of body and footnote text during later document assembly for display review and ultimate printing, formatting is also operator establishable, but here extends to determining 1) the makeup of a separator line for separating body and footnote text, 2) a maximum number of page lines to be dedicated to footnotes, and 3) a globally changeable interfootnote spac­ ing to be applied when a plurality of footnotes are to appear on a page.

Description: FOOTNOTE FORMATTING Technical Field This invention relates generally to footnoting documents, and more specifically to a method of, and system for, formatting footnotes for display, editing, and ultimate printing. Background Art Footnoting of a document such as a legal brief, book, manuscript, etc. is a well known technique of providing both uncluttered and smooth flowing information and thoughts, and background or supporting detail to a reader at different locations within the document. The smooth flowing information is the body text of a document, and the supporting detail is made up of footnote text. In constructing such a document, efficient management has always been as elusive skill. This was so when documents were handwritten, and still presents a significant economic and throughput burden today. This is so even with the availability of flexible keyboard/display word processing systems. During the handwritten document era, a footnote reference too low on a page often left insufficient room for an aesthetically pleasing, and well placed and proportioned, accompanying footnote or a portion thereof. The solution was to terminate the page earlier than desired, about text against the bottom of the page and chance minsmanagement of the succeeding page, write smaller etc. In addition, yet another problem was present with footnothing documents. This problem was in the area of formatting footnotes for functional and aesthetic purposes. For example, from distinguishing one footnote from another, the ability of adding additional line spacing between footnotes, indenting the first line of each footnote, indenting footnotes text as a whole, indenting both the footnote designation and the first line of a footnote, pro viding body text/footnote separator lines, etc. With the previously mentioned problems already present, addressing formatting was readily overlooked. Mismanagement and/or early termination, and the ability to efficiently handle a wide range of footnote formatting requirements remain major problems today. This is so even with the avaibility of modern word processing systems. The available approaches for an operator or author in preparing a footnoted document are for the most part undesirable? Excessive planning is probably the most common approach, and yet, multiple drafts, are the most common result. Partially filled pages, an excessive number of footnote references and footnotes appearing on different pages, an unappealing proportion mismatch of body and footnote text, and an excessive number of pages containing only footnotes remain major problems following planning and multiple drafts. A number of the above mentioned problems have not gone unoticed, however. One system on the market today provides for footnote management upon printout. With this system, an operator can during setup, specify interparagraph spacing which in turn is applicable to footnotes. Following setup, the operator can prepare a footnoted document in one pass, but particular operator attention is required. During preparation, body text is keyed to a body text frame up to a reference point, a footnote reference number is keyed, a footnote frame is called, a corresponding footnote number is keyed a paragraph spacing control is to be keyed if a desired interfootnote spacing is to be established, text for the footnote is keyed, and then the body text frame, is recalled. Body and footnote text are stored separately. The footnote text is stored in a footnote library for later recall. Following document preparation, there is an opportunity to separately review and edit the body and footnote text, but there is no opportunity to display review and edit an assembled document prior to printing. Further, a keyed spacing control can be viewed, but there is no opportunity to view the spacing between footnotes. That is, the first opportunity an operator has to view an assembled document is following printing. During printout, the system merges the body and footnote text. However, resulting aesthetics on occasion are less than desired. This is due in part to imposed system restraints such as a requirement that there be at least one line of body text on each page. In this case, large unprinted areas on numerous pages can occur. Resulting aesthetics can also be less than desired if the operator forgets from time to time to key spacing controls. This results in intermingled spaced an non-spaced.footnotes which are not acceptable from an appearance standpoint. Recovery from missing spacing controls with the referenced system is usually only following printing. Thereafter, the operator must scroll through the entire footnote library to pick up and correct all omissions. Following correction, another printing is required. Faced with these time consuming tasks and the inability of the referenced system to more efficiently manage formatting, the capability is usually ignored. One assumed reason most present day systems have not been stuctured and/or programmed to efficiently handle even rather simple formatting desires is that the envisioned solutions would require programming and/or structure additions which would be prohibitive from a cost standpoint. With this in mind, any thoughts of providing flexibility in footnote formatting have quickly been abandoned. The above described capabilities of penmanship and word processing systems are prior art to the extent that a semblance of a desired end result is achievable. What has not been achievable though, is the flexibility to efficiently both meet author desires and manage footnote formatting tasks from input ot output. It is these deficiencies which cause the prior art to fall short of either anticipating or rendering the instant invention obvious. More specifically, the ability to automatically control footnote formatting with minimun setup and input keying efforts is lacking. Also lacking is the ability to globally change established formats. Disclosure of the Invention A unique method of, and system for, formatting footnotes is provided in order to reduce operator attention and errors, and meet author desires and needs. Prior to input of a document, a menu is presented to the operator for selecting and defining a desired footnote format. The operator has the flexibility of defining the format by specifying a separator line including the makeup therof, an indent level for both the footnote designations and the first line of each footnote, an indent level for the entire footnote, and an interfootnote spacing to be applied when more than one footnote is to appear on a page of the document. The parameters thus established will remain in effect until changed. A change in any one of these parameters will be global in nature and affect the entire document. Thereafter, body text is keyed up to a footnote reference point. During this body text keying, the text is displayed and editing is permitted. At the footnote reference point, a menu is called from which a footnote task is selected. This causes a display frame to be presented for keying the footnote. Editing of the footnote is also permitted. Following input of the footnote, the operator recalls the body text display frame for continued keying, and the footnote is stored away in a footnote library. Upon recall of the body text display frame, the system applies an appropriate footnote reference designation to the body text at the footnote reference point, and logs the location in the footnote library of the corresponding footnote. Following input keying of the body and footnote text, operator procedure calls for causing the system to assemble the body and footnote text. The assembly operation involves combined merge and pagination operations. Following assembly, the document can be display recalled on a page basis for review and editing. Thereafter, the document is ready to be printed. During input of a footnote to the footnote frame, one set of the above-mentioned parameters is in effect, and during document assembly all specified parameters will be applied to the footnotes. That is, during input, specified indent levels will be in effect and applied to the keyed and displayed footnotes. Brief Description of the Drawing Figure 1 is a pictorial representation of a newly created page of a footnoted document illustrating the page appearance prior to formatting and assembly. Figure 2 is a pictorial representation of the page shown in figure 1 after body and footnote text have been formatted and assembled according to a standard set of body text formats and footnote formats. Figure 3 is a pictorial representation of the page shown inf figure 1 after body and footnote text have been formatted and assembled according to a different set of body text formats and footnote formats. Figure 4 is a pictorial representation of the page shown in figure 1 after body and footnote text have been formatted and assembled according to yet a different set of body text formats and footnote formats. Fiqure 5 is a pictorial representation of the page shown inf figure 1 after body and footnote text have been formatted and assembled according to another set of body text formats and foo¯nste formats. Figure 6 is a pictorial representation of the page shown in figure 1 after body and footnote text have been formatted and assembled according to yet another set of body text formats and footnote formats. Figure 7 is a pictorial representation of the page shown in figure 1 after body and footnote text have been formatted and assembled with yet a different set of body text formats and footnote formats. Figure 8 is a block diagram showing a word processing system used for performing the invention of this application. Figure 9 is a block diagram illustrating the makeup of the processor shown in figure 8. Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention General Description For a general understanding of the invention, reference is first directed to figure 1. In this figure is illustrated one page which can be taken as the first page of any footnoted document. The solid lines represent body text and the dashed lines represent footnote text. For purposes of the following explanation, it is to be noted that the Arabic numerals 1 and 2 in figure 1 are positionally located, half indexed up on the lines with which they appear. Figure 1 is a pictorial representation of a page of text that has been keyed containing two footnote references. The body text and the footnote text for the two footnote references has not yet been formatted and assembled for display or printing. Associated with every document is a set of body text formats and a set of footnote formats. The operator has the choice of using a standard default set of formats or may, by pressing a control key, bring up set of menus to customize or alter the body text formats and/or footnote formats. For example, body text may be formatted specifying left and right margins, maximum number of body text lines allowed on a page, spacing between lines, typestyle (including both font and pitch), indent levels for paragraphs, etc. Footnote text may be formatted specifying a length, if a separator line and the character to be used therein for separating body text and footnote text, typestyle (including both font and pitch), maximum number of footnote text lines allowed on a page,type of footnote numbering to be used, placement of the footnote within the document, an amount of spacing to be used betwwen each footnote, the indention of both the footnote number and the text that follows, etc. Figure 2 is a pictorial representation of how the page in figure 1 will display and be printed after formating and assembly of the body text and footnote text. In figure 2, the footnote designations in the body text and the footnote text are positionally located, half indexed up on the lines with which they appear. The separator line is a short line of underscores. The footnote designation in the footnote text paragraph is indented to the right. In addition there is also one blank line separating the first and second footnotes. Figure 3 is a pictorial representation of how the page in figure 2 will display and print after formatting and assembly of the body text and footnote text using a different set of formats. Note that the operator could have changed to this different set of formats before any formatting or assembly operation had been performed on the page or afterwards. In other words, the operator may at any time and after any number of formatting and assembly operations change to a different set of formats. The operator is not required to revise each page or each footnote of the document but merely recalls the formatting menus to alter the desired formats and causes a new formatting and assembly operation to take place. Figure 3 illustrates the appearance of the page with the footnote designations in the body text and the footnote text again positionally located, half indexed up on the lines with which they appear. Also, the separator line is again a short line of underscores. However, the body text is indented from the left margin, while the footnote text is not. In addition, the spacing between each footnote is zero. That is, there are nz blank lines between each footnote. Figure 4 is a pictorial representation of the page in yet another format. Here, the footnote text is indented, the body text is not indented, and the footnote designations are not half indexed up on the lines with which they appear. In addition, the fixed portion of the designations in the body text contain left and right parentheses surrounding the footnote numbers. The parentheses are the fixed portion of the designations and do not change from one footnote reference designation to another. The fixed portion of designations in the footnote text include an underscore and a slash. In addition, the separator line made up of. underscores is longer than in figures 2 and 3. Figure 5 is a pictorial representation of the page in yet another format. It is identical to figure 4 except that a different fixed portion surrounds the footnote numbers which are the variable portion of the designation. Figures 6 and 7 is a pictorial representation of the page in yet another formats. They are identical to figure 2 except that the separator line in figure 6 is a line of asterisks and in figure 7 has been suppressed. Detailed Description Refer next to FIG. 8. In this figure is shown a portion of a text processing system, including a processor 10 to which is connected a bus 12 leading from a keyboard 14. Character data generated by manual actuation of keys on keyboard 14 causes character related signals to be applied to processor 10. Processor 10 provides on an output memory bus 16 a data stream in which the characters selected by actuation of keyboard 14 appear suitably encoded. Keyboard 14 is made up of a standard set of alpha/numeric graphic keys for keying characters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols, and also includes function and format control keys for causing and controlling a carriage return, indent tab, etc. In addition, the keyboard includes a second set of control keys for issuing special control commands to the system. These control keys are for controlling cursor movement, for setting the keyboard into a number of. different modes, for use in conjunction with other keys for defining and controlling operations and other functions, etc. Memory bus 16 extends to a memory unit 20 which is preferably a random access memory, to a display unit 22, to a diskette unit 24, and to a printer 25. Included within memory unit 20 are two text storage buffers. One is a formatted footnote text storage buffer (TSB) 140 and the other a document TSB 240. The formatted footnote TSB 140 is used only by an assembly supervisor 100 when a limited footnote resolution algorithm is used to resolve and format footnotes at the bottom of a page. The document TSB 240 is used as a window into indefinite length text pages stored on a diskette readable by unit 24. Both assembly supervisor 100 and an editing supervisor 200 use the document TSB 240. A footnote TSB control block 130 is linked to formatted footnote TSB 140 via a channel 132. A document TSB control block 230 is linked to document TSB 240 via a channel 232. TSB manager 125 is linked by channels 124 and 224 to footnote TSB control block 130 and document TSB control block 230, respectively. TSB manager 125 is linked by channels 134 and 234 to formatted footnote TSB 140 and document TSB 240, respectively. Editing supervisor 200 is linked via channels 220 and 222 to TSB manager 125. Editing supervisor 200 contains keystroke processing routines which are invoked based on the key pressed on keyboard 14. In operation of the system of FIG. 8, a body text encoded data stream applied along memory bus 16 is stored in document TSB 240. In the process of correcting and editing the contents of the body text in document TSB 240, selected portions or lines of a page are presented to the operator on display unit 22. In addition to e-*iting the contents of the body text, editing supervisor 200 may also create and revise footnotes within document TSB 240 in order that footnotes of indefinite length can be supported. A menu manager 202 is linked via channels 112 and 212 to assembly supervisor 100 and editing supervisor 200, respect lively, and is used when a menu is to be displayed. Menu manager 202 is linked via channels 216 and 218 to a menu buffer 250. Assembly supervisor 100 is linked to TSB manager 125 via channels 120 and 122. Assembly supervisor 100 provides control routines necessary to execute an assembly operation for paginating and merging body text stored in document TSB 240 with formatted footnote text stored either in formatted footnote TSB 140 (if all of the formatted footnote text for the body text page will fit) or on a diskette. Assembly supervisor 100 is linked to a footnote control block 108 via channel 106. Footnote control block 108 is used to store status information during the assembly operation for resolving and formatting footnotes. Assembly supervisor 100 is linked to a footnote reference buffer 110 via channels 102 and 104. Footnote reference buffer 110 contains pointers to diskette stored footnote text which has not yet been placed at the bottom of a page or at the end of the document during the assembly operation. Refer next to FIG. 9. In this figure are shown the details of processor 10 which is capable of performing the operations of this invention under program control. In practice, processor 10 includes an LINTEL/ 8086 Microcomputer chip. Typical logic hardware elements forming processor 10 include a control logic unit 70 which responds to instructions from memory 20 on bus 16. The control logic unit 70 is also in the data stream identified by the data and address bus 82 interconnected to various other logic units of processor 10. in response to instructions from random access memory 20, control logic unit 70 generates control signals to other logic elements of processor 10. These control signals are interconnected to the various elements by means of a control line 72 which is illustrated directly connected to an arithmetic logic unit 73 and identified as a "control" line 72 to other elements of processor 10. Synchronous operation of the control unit 70 with other logic elements of processor 10 is achieved by means of clock pulses input to processor 10 from an external clock source on bus 74. This bus is also shown interconnected to various other logic elements of processor 10. Data to be processed in processor 10 is input either through a bus control logic unit 76 or a program input/output control loqic unit 77. The bus control logic 76 connects to random access memory 20 and receives instructions for processing data input to input/output control 77. Thus, input/output control 77 receives data from keyboard 14 while bus control logic 76 receives instructions from memory 20. Note that different storage sections of memory 20 are identifiable for instruction storage and data storage. Device controls from processor 10 are output through program input/output controller 77 over a data bus 80. Input data on the data bus 16 is passed internally through processor 10 on the bus 82 to control unit 70. Arithmetic logic unit 73, in response to a control signal on line 72 and in accordance with instructions received on memory bus 16, performs aritnmetic computations which may be stored in temporary scratch registers 83. Various other transfers of data between the arithmetic logic unit 73 and other logic elements of processor 10 are of course possible. -Such additional transfers may be to a status register 85, data pointer register 86 or a -stack pointer register 87. Also in the data stream for these various logic elements by means of the bus 82 is a program counter 88. A particular operating sequence for processor 10 is determined by instructions on bus 16 and input data on the bus 16 or on bus 80 from keyboard 14. As an example, in response to received instructions, processor 10 transfers data stored in scratch registers 83 to one of registers 86, 87, or 85. Such operations of processors as detailed in Fig. 9 are considered to be well known and understood by one of ordinary skill in the data processing field. A detailed description of each of the operations of the processor of Fig. 9 for the described invention would be counterproductive to an understanding of the invention as claimed. Table 1 illustrates a routine used by processor 10 for soliciting operator input of footnote formatting information. Table 1 FOOTNOTE FORMAT ROUTINE BEGIN (FN FMT) INITIALIZE WORK SPACE AND CONTROL BLOCKS COPY CURRENT VALUE OF ALL MENU OPTIONS INITIALIZE DFD (DYNAMIC FRAME DESCRIPTOR) WITH MENU OPTION VALUES UNTIL MENU IS SUCCESSFULLY EXITED OR CANCELLED DO DISPLAY FOOTNOTE FORMAT MENU UNTIL MENU MANAGER RETURNS VALIDATE/COMPARE VALUES IF THE "CHANGE FOOTNOTE TYPING OPTIONS" DIRECTIVE OPTION WAS SELECTED THEN DISPLAY FOOTNOTE TYPING OPTIONS MENU AND SAVE OPERATOR INPUT FOR LEADING/TRAILING CHARACTERS AND "FOOTNOTE CONTINUED" TEXT ELSE IF A PARAMETER CONFLICT EXISTS THEN POST OPERATOR MESSAGE ELSE INDICATE FOOTNOTE FORMAT MENU HAS SUCCESSFULLY EXITED ENDIF ENDIF ENDDO FREE WORK SPACE, RETURN END TABLE 1 (FN FMT) FOOTNOTE FORMAT If a "Change Footnote Format" option is selected in Åa Format Selection menu presented to the operator for any number of tasks, then the system displays a Footnote Format menu as shown in MENU 1 below. The Footnote Format is a part of both the Document and Alternate Document Format of the document. The Document and Alternate Document Format are two independent sets of formats which the operator may begin using at the top of any page in the document. Unless specified otherwise, the system defaults to the Document Format. MENU 1 Chg Document Fmt Brief Ins DSKOOl Kyb 1 Pitch 12 FOOTNOTE FORMAT YOUR POSSIBLE ID ITEM CHOICE CHOICES a Type style Number 1-31 (10 Pitch) 80-lll (12 Pitch) 154-175 (Proportional) 215-230(15 Pitch) b Separator Character - Any available character c Number of Separator 20 1 - 450 Characters d Maximum Number of 48 1 - 999 Footnote Text tines Per Page e Number of tines 0 0 - 999 Between Footnotes f Footnote Numbering 1 1 = Document 2 = Page g Footnote Numbering Graphic Any available character, or none h Footnote Placement 2 1 = Document 2 = Page i Change Footnote Typing Options When Finished with this menu, press ENTER. Type ID letter to choose ITEM; press ENTER: Each ITEM in MENU 1 is briefly described below. Typestyle Number: A plurality of choices of fonts including a variety of typestyles and pitches are avail able from MENU 1. Both typestyle and pitch are deter mined by a Font ID selected by the operator from POS SIBLE CHOICES. If no ID is specified, the system will use a Line Format typestyle default value. Separator Character: Any graphic character available on a selected font can be specified or selected by the operator to form a separator line separating body and footnote text. Number of Separator Characters: The operator can specify the number of characters to be used in making up the separator line. The number will only be measure limited. It is to be noted that a blank line will always precede and follow the separator line. Maximum Number of Footnote Text Lines per Page: The number specified by the operator will be the maximum number of lines available at the bottom of the page for footnote text. Included with this number will be a specified number of lines between footnotes. Not includ ed in the specified number are the blank lines before and following the separator line, the separator line, and a dedicated line at the bottom of the page. Although not included in the maximum number of footnote text lines, these lines are included in the total page line ount. Number of Lines Between Footnotes: The operator can specify the interfootnote line. spacing for formatting purposes to improve aesthetics. Footnote text will always be single spaced. Footnote Numbering: An operator can specify whether or not footnote numbering is to be reset at page bound aries. Footnote Numbering Graphic: If footnote numbering is to be reset at page boundaries and a non-numeric graphic character such as an asterisk is specified, the first footnote will be numbered "*", the second will be num bered "**", etc. Footnote Placement: The operator can specify whether or not footnotes are formatted and placed at the bottom of each page or the end of the document. Range: 1 = Yes 2 = No Following selections from MENU 1 and depression of the ENTER key, a Footnote Typing Options Format menu will be presented to the operator. This is illustrated below as MENU 2 wherein choices are available for the fixed portion of both footnote and footnote reference designations. The type of the variable portions of the footnote and footnote reference designations is selected from MENU 1. MENU 2 Chg Document Fmt Brief Ins DSK00i Kyb 1 Pitch 12 FOOTNOTE TYPING OPTIONS YOUR POSSIBLE ID ITEM CHOICE CHOICES For Body Text: a Loading Characters "! INX UP" Up to 8 characters, or none b Trailing Characters "! INX DOWN" 1I For Footnote Text: c Leading Characters "! INX UP" " d Trailing Characters "! INX DOWN" 11 e 'Continued Footnote' (Footnote Continued) Message Characters When finished with this menu, press ENTER. Type ID letter to choose ITEM; press ENTER: An explanation of each ITEM listed in MENU 2 is set out below. Leading Characters: These characters include both controls and graphics to be generated by the system immediately before the variable portion of the footnote and footnote reference designation both in body and footnote text. Trailing Characters: These characters include both controls and graphics to be generated by the system immediately after the variable portion of the footnote and footnote reference designation both in body and footnote text. 'Continued Footnote' Message Characters: Any character, tab, indent tab, space, required space, required backspace, or word underscore can be selected for system placement l) following the last footnote line a a page, and 2) before the first footnote line on the next page when a footnote "spills over11 from one page to the next. When the operator completes entry of all desired choices and depresses the Enter key against a prompt to type the ID to choose an item displayed on the Prompt Line, the system will update the Document or Alternate Format of the document with the values selected by the operator and re-display the Format Selection menu. Following the above set up routine, the operator is now ready to begin preparing a footnoted document. Footnotes are created during the normal Create/Revise Document task via a Footnote instruction. When the operator selects "Footnote" from an Instruction Menu and depresses the Enter key, a Footnote Menu illustrated below as MENU 3 will be presented. MENU 3 Create Document Brief Ins DISK01 Pg. 1 Ln.13 Kyb 1 FOOTNOTE YOUR POSSIBLE ID ITEM CHOICE CHOICES a Create/Revise 1 1 = Yes Footnote Text 2 = No b Reset Footnote Number or Character c Document Name d Diskette Name e System Page Number When finished with this menu, press ENTER. Type ID letter to choose ITEM; press ENTER: The ITEMS against which the operator makes choices are described below. Create or Revise Footnote Text: Operator selection here is for calling a blank Footnote Typing Frame illus trated as FRAME 1 later herein if typing a new footnote is in order, or a Footnote Typing Frame with an existing footnote as illustrated in FRAME 2 later herein in order for the operator to make revisions. Reset Footnote Number or Character: This option is selected whenever the operator desires to override the automatic system-generated sequence of footnote number ing or designations (i.e., l, 2, 3,...).by specifying a specific number or other graphic character or cha racters. If a number is entered, then footnote numbering by the system will be reset to that value. If a graphic is entered, then the automatic sequencing of numeric values will be suspended until the next "null" or numeric value is encountered. The following two items should only be selected if footnotes are to be stored in a document other than the editing document. Document Name: Selection here is to l) store footnote text to be created, 2) locate footnote text to be revis ed, or 3) locate existing footnote text to be included in the document. Diskette Name: The name of the diskette on which the above document resides is entered by the operator. System Page Number: An entry here is for calling a page which contains the footnote text. If both the Document Name and Diskette Name are blank, then the system will assume that footnote text is to be stored with the document being created or edited. The system will store the footnote text on the next available page on or above 9000 (i.e. 9000, 9000.0.1, 9000.0.2 ) and after existing footnote pages. If the operator specifies another Document Name/Diskette Name, then any page number of that document may be used to store the footnote text. If no page number is speci fied, then the first available page will be used. The- > operator may also specify that a particular existing page number be used by selecting this ITEM and entering the page number. The Footnote Instruction thus created in memory will have the following makeup: 1) Footnote Reference Control (FTR) followed by the following controls: 2) Begin Formatted Text Control (BFT) 3) Leading characters 4) Footnote number 5) Trailing characters 6) End Formatted Text Control (EFT) The BFT/EFT control pair is used by the system to identify data that was generated by the system and may be later updated or modified by the system. The value of the footnote number itself may be: l) Sequentially assigned by the system when the footnote instruction is created (and prior to assembly for merg ing and paginating the footnote and body text). 2) Explicitly assigned by the operator when the footnote instruction is created. 3) Determined by the system during the assembly operation. As a result, a footnote number together with any leading and/or trailing characters) will always appear in the body text after a footnote instruction is created. Upon revising a footnote instruction, the Footnote Instruction can be altered by placing the cursor on the Footnote Instruction and pressing the Enter key. The Footnote Menu (MENU 3) will be recalled. During creation or revision of footnote text, if "Create or Revise Footnote Text" is set to "Yes" in the Footnote Menu (MENU 3), a Footnote Typing Frame (Frames 1 and 2) will be displayed when the ENTER key is depressed. FRAME 1 (Footnote Typing Frame - Create) Create Footnote Brief Ins DISK01 Pg. 1 On.13 Kyb 1 Pitch 12 When finished, press ENTER. FRAME 2 (Footnote Typing Frame - Revise) Revise Footnote DtSK0l J. J. Vreeland, What to Look for When You Review Programming Documents for Product Usability, Technical Report TRO3.l24 (December, 1980); may be obtained from the IBM Corporation, Santa Teresa Laboratory, 555 Bailey Avenue, P. O. Box 50020, San Jose, CA 95150. When finished, press ENTER. The format of the footnote text and the page presentation characteristics for footnotes are determined by the Document or Alternate Format and the Footnote Format. After the footnote and body text have been assembled, the footnote text will always be single spaced regardless of the line spacing of the body text. The Context Field on the First Status Line of the Footnote Typing Frames will display either "Create Footnote" or "Revise Footnote", as appropriate. In order to create a reference to an already existing footnote, operator procedure is to specify the diskette name, document name, and page number for the footnote and set "Create or Revise Footnote Text" to "No" in the Footnote Menu (MENU 3). After the operator has specified the document name and diskette name the first time a footnote was included, the defau ] t will be the previous document and diskette name used. During document assembly, body text and footnote text are resolved. Resolution requires combined pagination and merge operations if both body and footnote text are to appear on the same page. Footnote text is formatted for output to a display for review or to a printer by either a Paginate Document task, a Merge task, or a Paginate/ Hyphenate option of a Check Document task. The Paginate Document task will assemble the document to permit the operator to view the pages of the document made up of body and footnote text exactly as it will be printed. The makeup of the footnote text at the bottom of the page will be: Begin Formatted Text Control (BFT) Line Format Change (to set footnote format) Begin Keep Control Required Carrier Return (for blank line above separator line) Separator line, Required Carrier Return Required Carrier Return (for blank line below separator line) Footnote Text Line Format Change (to return to format prior to footnote) "n" number of indent tabs (where "n" is determined from the indent level at the Begin Formatted Text control). End Keep Control End Formatted Text Control (EFT) The footnote reference number or other designation in the body text will be used to determine the footnote number or other designation to be printed and displayed. The system will automatically insert footnote designations together with any leading and trailing characters at the beginning of the footnotes automatically during assembly only. Ordinarily, the system will assign footnote numbers in sequential order. However, if the operator has specified that a particular number be used, the system will assign that number to the footnote, and subsequent system assigned numbers will be determined using that number as a base. Automatic sequencing may be interrupted by the presence of non-numeric footnote reference designations. The next numeric footnote reference will resume the automatic sequencing by the system.. If footnotes are inserted, moved, or deleted from the assembled document, then the document must be reassembled to renumber the footnotes. Table 2 describes the routine performed by the assembly supervisor 100. This is the main routine that controls the pagination and merge operations. This main routine (DOCPA) invokes other routines to adjust lines, make page ending decisions, and process, format, and renumber footnotes. TABLE 2 BEGIN (DOCPA) OBTAIN FORMATTING INFORMATION FOR DOCUMENT INITIALIZE CONTROL BLOCKS AND WORK AREAS GO TO STARTING PAGE IF PRESERVE PAGE ENDINGS IS NOT INDICATED THEN UNTIL END OF DOCUMENT OR CANCEL PRESSED DO IF READJUSTING LINE AND A FOOTNOTE WAS ENCOUNTERED ON THAT LINE THEN INVOKE (FNNUM) - UPDATE/INSERT FOOTNOTE NUMBER IN BODY TEXT ENDIF IF SPELL-ASSISTED HYPHENATION IS ON THEN PERFORM SPELLING-ASSISTED HYPHENATION WITH LINE ADJUST ELSE PERFORM LINE ADJUST ENDIF IF THE LINE IS NOT TO BE READJUSTED THEN CALL (LINEPOS) TO DETERMINE IF LINE POSITION CAUSES A PAGE END DECISION IF PAGE END DECISION THEN DETERMINE LOCATION OF PAGE END ELSE IF LINE END CODE IS A PE OR RPE THEN INDICATE PAGE END DECISION ENDIF ENDIF IF PAGE END DECISION THEN CALL (PAGEEND) TO INSERT A PAGE END AND INCREMENT THE POINT OF OPERATION TO NEXT PAGE ELSE INCREMENT PAST LINE END CODE ENDIF ENDIF ENDDO INVOKE (EDOC) - FOOTNOTE END OF DOCUMENT PROCESSOR ENDIF CLEANUP AFTER TERMINATING PAGINATE CLEANUP FOOTNOTE PROCESSING FREE WORK AREAS END TABLE 2 (DOCPA) RETURN TO CALLER Table 3 describes a subroutine (LINEPOS) of the routine DOCPA. This subroutine calculates the positional change caused by line ending codes. The paginator (DOCPA) uses this information in determining where to make page ending decisions. The subroutine (LINEPOS) also invokes a routine (RSOLVE) to fetch and resolve footnote text. TABLE 3 BGNPROC (LINEPOS) DETERMINE .INE POSITION CHANGE IF THE LINE END CAUSES THE LINE POSITION TO CHANGE THEN UPDATE THE LINE POSITION CHANGE BY THE LINt; SPACING SAVE LINE SPACING ENDIF OBTAIN THE LINE DENSITY FOR 1 LINE SAVE THE LINE DENSITY FOR THE LINE SPACING CALCULATE AND SAVE THE LINE POSITION CHANGE AT THE END OF THE LINE IF A FOOTNOTE REFERENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED ON THE LINE THEN INVOKE (RSOLVE) - RESOLVE FOOTNOTE INTO THE FOOTNOTE BUFFER ENDIF IF FOOTNOTE ROUTINE WANTS PAGE END DECISION THEN SET PAGE END DECISION ENDIF ADD LINE POSITION ESCAPEMENTS TO PENDING FOOTNOTE ESCAPEMENTS DETERMINE NUMBER OF LINES FROM BOTTOM OF PAGE DETERMINE NEW LINE POSITION ENDPROC TABLE 3 LINEPOS Table 4 describes a subroutine (PAGEEND) of the routine DOCPA that makes page ending decisions by inserting a page end code into the document TSB 240. Prior to inserting the page end code, the subroutine (PAGEEND) invokes a routine (EPAG) to process and insert all footnote text accumulated in the formatted footnote TSB 140 or stored on diskette unit 24 into document TSB 240. TABLE 4 BGNPROC PAGEEND IF THERE IS PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT THEN INVOKE (EPAG) - FOOTNOTE END OF PAGE PROCESSOR ENDIF IF NOT A PAGE END CODE THEN INSERT THE PAGE END CODE ELSE MOVE ACROSS PAGE END EXIT IF END OF TEXT PAGES MOVE TO START OF TEXT ON NEXT PAGE ENDIF IF PRINT INDICATED THEN PRINT PAGE ENDIF ENDPROC TABLE 4 PAGEEND Table 5 describes the routine (FNNUM) which determines the type of footnote numbering or designations to be used and when to reset and/or increment the numbering or designations. TABLE 5 BEGIN (FNNUM) IF FOOTNOTE REFERENCE RESETS THE FOOTNOTE NUMBERING THEN RESET THE FOOTNOTE COUNTER TO THE SPECIFIED VALUE INSERT THE COUNTER INTO THE BODY TEXT ELSE IF THIS IS THE FIRST FOOTNOTE OF THE DOCUMENT AND NUMBERING IS NOT BEING DONE ON A PER PAGE BASIS THEN SET THE FOOTNOTE COUNTER TO 1 INSERT THE COUNTER INTO THE BODY TEXT ELSE INCREMENT THE FOOTNOTE COUNTER IF THIS IS THE FIRST FOOTNOTE OF A PAGE AND NUMBERING IS BEING DONE ON A PER PAGE BASIS THEN SET THE FOOTNOTE COUNTER TO 1 ENDIF IF FOOTNOTE GRAPHIC NUMBER IS NOT SPECIFIED THEN INSERT THE COUNTER INTO THE BODY TEXT ELSE SET I = FOOTNOTE COUNTER DO UNTIL I = O INSERT FOOTNOTE GRAPHIC I = I-1 ENDDO ENDIF ENDIF ENDIF END TABLE 5 (FNNUM) The routine RSOLVE in Table 6 is invoked by the paginator routine (DOCPA) if the footnote placement is specified to be "bottom of page" not "bottom of document". If the footnote placement is specified to be "bottom of document", then resolution occurs in the routine EDOC. Its function is to resolve one or more footnote reference controls that the paginatdr encountered after adjusting the cursored body text line during document pagination. Note that the paginator (DOCPA) invokes this routine only after completing the line adjustment of the cursored line and additionally determining that the cursored line will fit on the current page. This routine: a) insures that the footnote format values are in a range that will enable feasible resolution. These include the maximum number of footnote text lines, and the number of blank lines between footnotes, b) determines whether the current page is to be terminated prematurely. This occurs when the first footnote text line for the footnote reference that is being processed will not appear on the same page as its reference. This usually occurs when there is enough footnote text pending. such that the maximum number of footnote text lines is surpassed, c) resolves the footnote references encountered on the current line via the invocation of routine GETFN to fetch and resolve each footnote reference. TABLE 6 BEGIN (RSOLVE) IF THERE ARE FOOTNOTES TO RESOLVE FOR THE CURRENT LINE THEN IF AT LEAST ONE MORE FOOTNOTE TEXT LINE WILL FIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CURRENT PAGE BEING PAGINATED THEN IF THE RESOLUTION ALGORITHM TO BE USED IS THE LIMITED TSB ALGORITHM THEN INITIALIZE THE FORMATTED FOOTNOTE LIMITED TSB INVOKE GETFN - RESOLVE/FORMAT FOOTNOTES ON THIS LINE IF THE FORMATTED FOOTNOTE LIMITED TSB BECAME FULL THEN RESTORE POINT OF OPERATION TO THE FIRST FOOTNOTE OF THIS PAGE RE-INITIALIZE PARAMETERS FOR THE FIRST FOOTNOTE OF THIS PAGE INVOKE GETFN - RESOLVE/FORMAT FOOTNOTES ON THIS LINE USING INDEFINITE LENGTH ALGORITHM ENDIF ELSE INVOKE GETFN - RESOLVE/FORMAT FOOTNOTES ON THIS LINE USING THE INDEFINITE LENGTH ALGORITHM ENDIF ELSE INDICATE PREMATURE PAGE TERMINATION DUE TO INSUFFICIENT ROOM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR ONE MORE FOOTNOTE TEXT LINE ENDIF ENDIF RETURN END TABLE 6 (RSOLVE) The routine GETFN in Table 7 is invoked by the routine RSOLVE to perform the actual resolution of footnote references. Its function is to resolve each footnote reference control that the paginator encountered after adjusting the cursored body text line. It is already assumed that there is room at the bottom of the page for at least one more footnote text line and that the footnote placement is the bottom of page, not bottom of document. Resolution is performed one of two ways: If all of the footnotes on a page can be copied and formatted into the formatted footnote TSB (140), then the limited footnote algorithm is used. This method does a minimal amount of diskette accessing and performs almost all processing in memory. The result is fast formatting and resolution of each footnote reference since all of the formatted footnotes will be in memory when the routine EPAG is called at the end of the page to insert the footnotes at the bottom of the page. This method is used most of the time for footnote placement at the bottom of a page unless very large footnotes are being processed. If not all of the footnotes on a page will fit into the formatted footnote TSB 140, then the indefinite footnote algorithm is used. This involves storing the current body text page back onto the diskette unit 24 and moving the TSB point of operation to the page that contains the footnote text to be formatted and resolved (even if the page is in another document). Once the footnote is formatted it is stored back onto the diskette and the TSB point of operation is moved back to its original point in the body text page. With this approach the routine EPAG will fetch the footnote text from diskette unit 24 to the bottom of the page. Resolution typically involves the following items: Formatting the footnote text based on the active footnote format. This implies that the Document or Alternate Document Format (whichever is active) will be scanned in order to obtain the parameters required to format the footnote text correctly. Inserting the appropriate footnote number bracketed within a BFT/EFT control sequence with the appropriate leading/trailing text and/or controls prior to the footnote text. Calculating the number of footnote text lines corresponding to the footnote reference being processed. Updating the number of pending footnotes on the current line to be inserted. Calculating the total vertical escapement due to footnote text that is to be inserted at the bottom of the page. This value is used by the paginator in its page ending decision logic. TABLE 7 BEGIN OBTAIN ADDRESSABILITY TO THE FIRST FOOTNOTE REFERENCE TO BE RESOLVED UNTIL THERE ARE NO MORE FOOTNOTES TO BE RESOLVED DO IF PERFORMING LIMITED RESOLUTION AND BLANK LINES MUST BE INSERTED TO DELIMIT THIS FOOTNOTE THEN INSERT THE BLANK LINES VIA PROGRAM SEGMENT BLANK¯LN ENDIF COPY THE FOOTNOTE TEXT INTO THE LIMITED TSB AND DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES VIA THE PROGRAM SEGMENT COPY¯FN IF PERFORMING LIMITED RESOLUTION AND THE ENTRY COULD NOT BE RESOLVED SUCCESSFULLY THEN INSERT INTO THE LIMITED TSB THE APPROPRIATE ERROR MESSAGE ENDIF OBTAIN THE NUMBER OF LINES FOR THIS FOOTNOTE REFERENCE CALCULATE THE VERTICAL ESCAPEMENT THAT WILL BE GENERATED FOR THE FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES CORRESPONDING TO THIS FOOTNOTE REFERENCE UPDATE THE TOTAL VERTICAL ESCAPEMENTS FOR ALL FOOTNOTES ON THIS PAGE SETUP TO PROCESS THE NEXT FOOTNOTE ENDDO <RTI ID=32.1> UPDATE THE ESCAPEMENT VALUES FOR THE PAGINATOR VIA PROGRAM SEGMENT UPDATE SET AN APPROPRIATE EXIT RETURN CODE RETURN BEGSEG (BLANK#LN) DETERMINE HOW MANY BLANK LINES MUST BE INSERTED TO PROVIDE FOOTNOTE SPACING IF THE PREVIOUS FOOTNOTE DID NOT END WITH A LINE ENDING CONTROL THEN INSERT A REQUIRED CARRIER RETURN TO FORCE THE POINT OF INSERTION FOR THE BLANK DELIMITER LINES TO THE START OF A LINE ENDIF UNTIL ALL THE BLANK LINES ARE INSERTED INTO THE LIMITED TSB BUFFER DO INSERT A REQUIRED CARRIER RETURN PRIOR TO THE POINT OF OPERATION ENDED ENDSEG (BLANK LN) BEGSEG (COPY FN) IF PERFORMING LIMITED FOOTNOTE ALGORITHM RESOLUTION THEN COPY THE FOOTNOTE TEXT INTO THE FORMATTED FOOTNOTE LIMITED TSB ELSE GO TO THE FOOTNOTE PAGE VIA THE INDEFINITE LENGTH DOCUMENT TSB BY MOVING THE TEXT STORAGE BUFFER POINT OF OPERATION TO THE DESIRED FOOTNOTE PAGE ENDIF INSERT THE FOOTNOTE NUMBER SEQUENCE PRIOR TO THE FOOTNOTE TEXT SETUP A COUNTER THAT WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES FOR THE FOOTNOTE REFERENCE CONTROL UNTIL THE END OF THE FOOTNOTE TEXT IS FOUND DO ADJUST THE FOOTNOTE TEXT LINE BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS INCREMENT THE COUNTER THAT IS KEEPING TRACK OF THE NalMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES ENDDO IF THERE ARE NO LINES IN THE FOOTNOTE TEXT PAGE THEN INSERT A REQUIRED CARRIER RETURN SET THE NUMBER OF LINES FOR THIS ENTRY TO 1 ENDIF SAVE THE NUMBER OF TEXT LINES CALCULATED IN THE ENTRY'S LINE COUNT FIELD IF NOT PERFORMING LIMITED TSB MODE RESOLUTION THEN IF THE FOOTNOTE TEXT PAGE'S PAGE ENDING CONTROL IS NOT AT THE START OF A LINE THEN INSERT A REQUIRED CARRIER RETURN PRIOR TO THE PAGE END CONTROL ENDIF MOVE THE POINT OF OPERATION TO THE START OF THE FOOTNOTE TEXT PAGE DELETE THE FOOTNOTE NUMBER SEQUENCE. THE ROUTINE EPAG WILL INSERT LATER STORE THE FORMATTED FOOTNOTE TEXT PAGE BACK TO THE FOOTNOTE DISKETTE ENDIF ENDSEG (COPY¯FN) BEGSEG (UPDATE) DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES THAT MAY BE INSERTED IN A PAGE IF THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LINES TO INSERT IS GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES THAT MAY BE INSERTED IN A PAGE THEN SET THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LINES TO INSERT EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES THAT MAY BE INSERTED IN A PAGE ENDIF UPDATE THE NEW VALUE FOR NUMBER OF TEXT LINES TO INSERT UPDATE THE NEW VALUE FOR ESCAPEMENT DUE TO TEXT LINES THAT ARE TO BE INSERTED INSURE THAT THE CALCULATED ESCAPEMENT WILL ALL FIT IN THE CURRENT PAGE. ADJUST VALUE IF THE ESCAPEMENT IS TOO MUCH ENDSEG (UPDATE) END (GETFN) The purpose of the routine EPAG in Table 8 is to move FORMAT TED footnote text to the end of the current page. The footnote text resides either in the formatted footnote TSB 140 (if the limited algorithm is used) or on pages in the footnote library (in a separate document or on page 9000 or above if in the same document). Upon invocation, a page end decision has been made by the paginator and the TSB point of operation is at the start of a line. This line will be forced to the next page via the insertion of a page end control, but before the page end control is inserted, this routine must insert (prior to the TSB point of operation) the appropriate number of formatted footnote text lines along with all the necessary formatting controls. All the information required for these insertions is available in the footnote control block 108 and footnote reference buffer 110. After determining how many lines it must insert, this routine inserts the necessary formatting controls to precede the footnote text, the separator line, and the formatting controls to following the footnote text. After the formatting controls are inserted, this routine either fetches all of the formatted footnote text from the formatted footnote TSB 140 (if the limited algorithm was able to be used) or (if the indefinite length algorithm had to be used) then it fetches in the footnote text for the first footnote. The footnote's respective entry in the footnote reference buffer 110 contains the pointers to each footnote text page. Note that the footnote reference buffer 110 cause the system to have an "internal resolution limit" of about 20 footnotes per page if each footnote is stored in a separate document and up to 142 footnotes per page if each footnote is stored on page 9000 or above of the same document that contains the body text with the corresponding footnote references. If necessary, lines that have been inserted in the previous page will be deleted after the entire footnote text is fetched. If the entire footnote fits and more footnote text is pend ing, the insertion sequence will continue with the next footnote. If the entire footnote won't fit, then the footnote text that won't fit will be deleted. These lines will appear on the next page. After the insertion is complete, the necessary pointers in the footnote resolution control block 108 are updated. The footnote resolution buffer will also be updated to reflect the insertions. TABLE 8 BEGIN MODIFY THE VERTICAL ESCAPEMENT DUE TO PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES THAT ARE TO BE INSERTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS CURRENT PAGE DUE TO ANY "WIDOW" OR "ORPHAN" LINE DECISIONS MADE BY THE PAGINATOR IF IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE FORMATTED FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES TO INSERT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS CURRENT PAGE THEN SAVE THE CURRENT PAGE END LOCATION INSERT PRIOR TO THE CURRENT POINT OF OPERATION THE FOOTNOTE TEXT FORMATTING SEQUENCE THAT WILL ENCAPSULATE THE PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT IF PERFORMING LIMITED MODE TSB ALGORITHM THEN INSERT THE PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT VIA PROGRAM SEGMENT LIMITED ELSE INSERT THE PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT VIA PROGRAM SEGMENT INDEF ENDIF RESTORE POINT OF OPERATION TO PAGE END LOCATION ENDIF RETURN BEGSEG (LIMITED) OBTAIN THE VERTICAL ESCAPEMENT OF THE FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES TO BE INSERTED IF THE INTERNAL RESOLUTION LIMIT HAS NOT BEEN REACHED AND ALL OF THE PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT WILL FIT THEN INSERT ALL OF THE PENDING FOOTNOTE TEXT ELSE ADVANCE TO THE TOP OF THE LIMITED TSB BUFFER MOVE THE POINT OF OPERATION TO THE END OFSTHE LAST FOOTNOTE LINE THAT IS TO BE COPIED INSERT INTO PAGE THE FOOTNOTE TEXT THAT IS BOUNDED BY THE TOP OF LIMITED TSB BUFFER AND THE POINT OF OPERATION ENDIF UPDATE THE FOOTNOTE CONTROL BLOCK AND FOOTNOTE REFERENCE BUFFER TO REFLECT THE NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES INSERTED ENDSEG (LIMITED) BEGSEG OBTAIN THE VERTICAL ESCAPEMENT DUE TO FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES THAT ARE TO BE INSERTED OBTAIN THE OFFSET TO THE FIRST FOOTNOTE ENTRY IN THE FOOTNOTE RESOLUTION BUFFER SETUP A COUNTER FOR THE NUMBER OF LINES INSERTED UNTIL ALL THE FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES THAT ARE TO APPEAR ON THIS PAGE ARE INSERTED DO ID THE FOOTNOTE REFERENCE WAS RESOLVED SUCCESSFULLY THEN INSERT THE FOOTNOTE TEXT ELSE INSERT INTO TEXT THE APPROPRIATE FOOTNOTE RESOLUTION ERROR MESSAGE ENDIF ADD TO THE COUNTER KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MANY LINES HAVE BEEN INSERTED THE NUMBER OF INSERTED LINES FOR THIS FOOTNOTE SUBTRACT FROM THE COUNTER KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MUCH ESCAPEMENT REMAINS TO BE INSERTED BY THE INSERTED ESCAPEMENT IF THERE IS STILL MORE ROOM FOR FOOTNOTE TEXT THEN DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF BLANK LINES TO INSERT FOR FOOTNOTE SPACING DETERMINE THE ESCAPEMENT DUE TO THESE BLANK LINES IF THERE IS ROOM FOR THESE BLANK LINES THEN ADJUST THE INSERTION ESCAPEMENT COUNTER ACCORDINGLY ADJUST THE INSERTION LINE COUNTER ACCORDINGLY INSERT THE BLANK LINES INTO TEXT SETUP TO PROCESS THE NEXT FOOTNOTE ELSE INDICATE THAT NO MORE FOOTNOTE TEXT CAN BE INSERTED ENDIF ENDIF ENDDO UPDATE THE FOOTNOTE CONTROL BLOCK AND FOOTNOTE REFERENCE BUFFER TO REFLECT THE NUMBER OF FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES INSERTED IF THERE WILL BE NO FOOTNOTE TEXT LINES FLOWING TO THE NEXT PAGE AND SYSTEM IS PERFORMING REGULAR RESOLUTION THEN STOP USING THE INDEFINITE ALGORITHM SO THAT THE LIMITED ALGORITHM WILL BE USED ON THE NEXT PAGE ENDIF ENDSET (INDEF) END (EPAG) TABLE 9 BEGIN (EDOC) IF FOOTNOTES ARE BEING PLACED AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT AND THE END OF THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND NO FOOTNOTE TEXT HAS BEEN RESOLVED THEN OBTAIN POINTER TO THE FOOTNOTE REFERENCE BUFFER CONTAINING POINTERS TO EVERY FOOTNOTE FOUND IN THE DOCUMENT UNTIL THE LAST REFERENCE HAS BEEN RESOLVED DO FETCH FOOTNOTE TEXT INSERT THE NUMBER OF BLANK LINES AS SPECIFIED BY THE "NUMBER OF BLANK LINES BETWEEN FOOTNOTES" PARAMETER ENDDO ENDIF END TABLE 9 (EDOC) In summary, a unique method of, and system for, formatting footnotes is provided in order to reduce operator attention and errors, and meet author desires and needs. Prior to input of a document, a menu is presented to the operator for selecting and defining a desired footnote format. The operator has the flexibility of defining the format by specifying a separator line including the makeup therof, an indent level for boçh the footnote designations and the first line of each footnote, an indent level for the entire footnote, and an inter footnote spacing to be applied when more than one footnote is to appear on a page of the document. The parameters thus established will remain in effect until changed. A change in any one of these parameters will be global in nature and affect the entire document. Thereafter, body text is keyed up to a footnote reference point. During this body teyt keying, the text is displayed and editing is permitted. At the footnote reference point, a menu is called from which a footnote task is selected. This causes a display frame to be presented for keying the footnote. Editing of the footnote is also permitted. Following input of the footnote, the operator recalls the body text display frame for continued keying, and the footnote is stored away in a footnote library. Upon recall of the body text display frame, the system applies an appropriate footnote reference designation to the body text at the footnote reference point, and logs the location in the footnote library of the corresponding footnote. Following input keying of the body and footnote text, operator procedure calls for causing the system to assemble the body and footnote text. The assembly operation involves combined merge and pagination operations. Following assembly, the document can be display recalled on a page basis for review and editing. Thereafter, the document is ready to be printed. During input of a footnote to the footnote frame, one set of the above-mentioned parameters is in effect, and during document assembly all specified parameters will be applied to the footnotes. That is, during input, specified indent levels will be in effect and applied to the keyed and displayed footnotes. While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made by equivalent means such as for example, other type of display devices, memories or other type of processor without departing from the scope of the application as defined by the claims.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. Method oi formatting separately stored footnote text, made up of a number of footnotes, for combination with body text during assembly of pages of a document for display, in a word processing system characterized in that it comprises the steps of a) defining a format for said footnote text by speci fying 1) a section of said pages to be dedicated to said footnote text, and 2) an interfootnote spacing to be applied when a plurality of footnotes are to appear on said pages ; and b) rendering said interfootnote spacing globally changeable. 2. Method according to claim 1 characterized in tat it includes defining said format by further specifying an indent level for at least one line of said footnote text. 3. Method according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that it includes defining said format by further specifying a mal,eup of a separator line for separating said footnote and body text. 4. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 character ized in that it includes specifying a vertical position of designations for said footnotes. 5. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 character ized in that it includes defining said section by spe cifying a maximum number of lines to be dedicated to said footnote text on each page of said document. 6. Method according to claim 5 characterized in that it includes determining a first line of said section. 7. Method according to claim 6 characterized in that it includes merging and paginating said document for ef fecting said defined format by assembling said footnote and body text. 8. Method according to claim 7 characterized in that it includes locating a first line of a footnote adjacent said first line of said section. 9. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 character ized in that it includes defining a new said format at any location in said document. 10. A system for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 characterized in that it com prises a) means for defining a format for said footnote text based on l) a section of pages of said document to be dedicated to said footnote text, and 2) an interfootnote spacing to be applied when a plurality of footnotes are to appear on a page of said document, being specified ; and b) means for rendering said interfootnote spacing globally changeable.

Inventors: REPASS, JAMES TERRY, SHIPP, KENNETH OSBORN, JR., WOOD, RICHARD BRIAN
Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Application year: 1983
Main classification: G06F15
IPC codes: G06F17