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sheepskin
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apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages

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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:

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\usepackage{comment} 
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xunicode}  
\usepackage{xltxtra}
Is there anything I can do to get these to play well together? Below is a MWE.

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\documentclass[jou]{apa} 
\usepackage{comment} 
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xunicode}  
\usepackage{xltxtra}  

\title{Lorem Ipsum}

\twoauthors{Lorem}{Ipsem}
\twoaffiliations{xx}{xx}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases.\footnote{A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important.} Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.

This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.

This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.\footnote{This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. }

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.

This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.

This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.

This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.

This section will guide you through the various text, paragraph, and page formatting techniques. Formatting tends to refer to most things to do with appearance, so it makes the list of possible topics quite eclectic: text style, font, size; paragraph alignment, interline spacing, indents; special paragraph types; footnotes, margin notes, etc.

A lot of the formatting techniques are required to differentiate certain elements from the rest of the text. It is often necessary to add emphasis to key words or phrases. Footnotes are useful for providing extra information or clarification without interrupting the main flow of text. So, for these reasons, formatting is very important. However, it is also very easy to abuse, and a document that has been over-done can look and read worse than one with none at all.
\end{document}

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apa | Footnotes and formatting Packages

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Since the apa class is not maintained anymore, it could have difficulties with XeLaTeX. Try the newer apa6 class instead.


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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} 
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Contact the class maintainer and describe your problem for a possible fix of this issue.
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OK, I shall try that. :) Thanks!
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Feel free to report back with new insights.
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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 causing this conflict, but I have not been able to pinpoint it. Because APA style requires an author note (which goes under the left column on the first page), footnotes on the first page must be placed under the right column; hence, the use of ftnright is required for apa6.... If anyone else can identify the conflict, I'll be happy to correct the apa6 code.
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Seems as if we can't expect a fix from this side any time soon. Too bad. Maybe the maintainer of the ftnright package can help you on. He's visiting {TeX} SE regularly.
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