I contacted the person who maintains the apa6 package. Here was his response in case anyone is curious:
The root of this problem is an incompatibility with the ftnright package and xltxtra when using apa6. Evidently apa and apa6 redefine a macro used by xltxtra (or one of its dependents) that is ...
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- Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:37 pm
- Forum: Page Layout
- Topic: apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
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- Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:01 pm
- Forum: Page Layout
- Topic: apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
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Re: apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
OK, I shall try that.
Thanks!

- Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:55 pm
- Forum: Page Layout
- Topic: apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
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apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
Thanks for the pointer to apa6. I switched to that, but it gives me the same problems with footnotes I was having with apa...
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\documentclass[jou]{apa6}
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:35 pm
- Forum: Page Layout
- Topic: apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
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apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages
The apa class in [jou] mode does not work seamlessly with some of the packages I'd like to use with it. Specifically, footnotes run off the page and partly overlap with the main text when any of the following packages are called:
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xunicode ...
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xunicode ...