Description:
I originally mentioned this as a comment in a bug (see [1]), where I have been instructed to file as a new ticket.
[1] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112064#c17

This is an enhancement request.
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Sometimes we write applications or documents with limited space (eg. maximum page number allowed) so we have to be creative so use space efficiently. Usually, I try to avoid footnotes because (in their current form) they are very inefficient in this sense. But.. I need them!

I would love to be able to format the footnotes to be consecutive. For example, instead of: 


[page paragraphs text]
__________
1. First footnote.
2. Second footnote.
3. Third footnote (and waste of space to my right)
4. More wasting of space on the right side of the page
5. So on.




I would really appreciate it if footnotes could be formatted like this:



[page paragraphs text]
__________
1. First footnote. | 2. Second footnote. | 3. Third footnote (note how I use all the available space!) | 4. No more wasting space, now we use the full width of the available space for text. | 5. I'm using less than 5 lines now.



In this case, I used the '|' character, but ideally, the user would be able to set an (arbitrary? or from a set of options) separator (e.g. space, semicolon, '|', etc.)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open writer, populate with text
2. insert several footnotes in the same page

Actual Results:
You can see that the footnotes are added as single-liners, as explained above.


Expected Results:
The footnotes are added next the the previous one, using the (ideally, user-selected) separator character. Thus the use of available page space would be much more efficient.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
This was originally mentioned in a discussion about Bug 112064.

I have been instructed to file this a new ticket, see here:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112064#c18