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latex_fun
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text from body getting dragged into a footnote

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Hi,
Probably sort itself out by final copy, but with the current draft I have text from the body of the page overlapping with a footnote.
The footnote is from the first line of the page currently.
With edits (new text getting added earlier in the document) that line will probably get pushed down the page and perhaps the problem will be solved.
Just in case ... should I add a page break in the body of the above where the overlap starts (which I might subsequently need to remember to delete)?
Is there a smarter option?
(Couldn't dig out my old account details just now so new account, and sorry if this belongs in some other section - page layout maybe?)

Thanks
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Re: text from body getting dragged into a footnote

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That may happen if the footnote contains too much text for the available space, or there are unusual commands on the page, such as \enlargethispage or \vspace tweaks. Hard to say without seeing it.

Perhaps you can find a warning in the logfile for that position?

I would not add a manual page break. However, in the final stage, when nothing is expected to change anymore, such as right before you deliver the document, manual adjustments are okay to make it perfect, as it doesn't interfere with later changes.

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Re: text from body getting dragged into a footnote

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Hi Stefan,
Okay, thanks
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