Footnote

A footnote.

Properties

Property	Type	Access	Description
allGraphics	Array of Graphic	readonly	Lists all graphics contained by the Footnote.
allPageItems	Array of PageItem	readonly	Lists all page items contained by the Footnote.
characters	Characters	readonly	A collection of characters.
contents	any	r/w	The text contents of the footnote. Can return: String, SpecialCharacters enumerator or Array of Strings or SpecialCharacters enumerators. Can also accept: NothingEnum enumerator or Array of Strings, SpecialCharacters enumerators or NothingEnum enumerators.
graphicLines	GraphicLines	readonly	A collection of graphic lines.
groups	Groups	readonly	A collection of groups.
id	number	readonly	The unique ID of the Footnote.
index	number	readonly	The index of the Footnote within its containing object.
insertionPoints	InsertionPoints	readonly	A collection of insertion points.
label	string	r/w	A property that can be set to any string.
lines	Lines	readonly	A collection of lines.
ovals	Ovals	readonly	A collection of ellipses.
pageItems	PageItems	readonly	The page items collection, which can be used to process all page items in a container (such as a document, page, or group), regardless of type.
paragraphs	Paragraphs	readonly	A collection of paragraphs.
parent	any	readonly	The parent of the Footnote (a XmlStory, Story, TextFrame, InsertionPoint, TextColumn, TextStyleRange, Text, Paragraph, Line, Word or Character).
polygons	Polygons	readonly	A collection of polygons.
properties	Object	r/w	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
rectangles	Rectangles	readonly	A collection of rectangles.
storyOffset	InsertionPoint	readonly	The location of the footnote in the parent story.
textColumns	TextColumns	readonly	A collection of text columns.
textFrames	TextFrames	readonly	A collection of text frames.
texts	Texts	readonly	A collection of text objects.
textStyleRanges	TextStyleRanges	readonly	A collection of text style ranges.
textVariableInstances	TextVariableInstances	readonly	A collection of text variable instances.
words	Words	readonly	A collection of words.

Methods

TextconvertToText ()
Converts the footnote to part of the story text and places the converted text at the former location of the footnote reference number in the main text.

string extractLabel (key:
string)
Gets the label value associated with the specified key.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string	The key.

Array of FootnotegetElements ()
Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

void insertLabel (key:
string, value:
string)
Sets the label to the value associated with the specified key.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	string	The key.
value	string	The value.

void remove ()
Deletes the Footnote.

string toSource ()
Generates a string which, if executed, will return the Footnote.

string toSpecifier ()
Retrieves the object specifier.

Used in:

Footnotes.previousItem (

obj:
Footnote )

Footnotes.nextItem (

obj:
Footnote )

Returned by:

Array of Footnote Footnote .getElements (

)

Footnote Footnotes.add (
[at:
LocationOptions=UNKNOWN ][, reference:
any][, withProperties:
Object]
)

Footnote Footnotes.anyItem (

)

Array of Footnote Footnotes.everyItem (

)

Footnote Footnotes.firstItem (

)

Footnote Footnotes.item (
index:
any
)

Footnote Footnotes.itemByID (
id:
number
)

Footnote Footnotes.itemByName (
name:
string
)

Array of Footnote Footnotes.itemByRange (
from:
any, to:
any
)

Footnote Footnotes.lastItem (

)

Footnote Footnotes.middleItem (

)

Footnote Footnotes.nextItem (
obj:
Footnote
)

Footnote Footnotes.previousItem (
obj:
Footnote
)