Description: The enhancement to allow for changing between footnotes and endnotes was addressed in bug 89352 and a great advance it was! However, when you change (e.g.) foot -> end, the *STYLE* does not change. Writer still thinks the endnotes are footnotes, and there's no easy way I can see to convince it otherwise. So, you need to adjust the FOOTNOTE style in order to tweak the way your ENDNOTES look. This didn't happen with the "manual" method: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-convert-all-footnotes-to-endnotes-and-vice-versa/1587/12?u=dajare I don't think it should happen with the automated method, either. INFO: Version: 25.8.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 580(Build:2) CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US Ubuntu package version: 4:25.8.2~rc2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~lo1 Calc: threaded UBUNTU 24.04.3 LTS Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use the dialog to convert footnote/endnote. 2. Attempt to modify the style of the "new" format. 3. But the style is still the "old" format, and the "new" format cannot be modified. Actual Results: The new format is visible, but the notes are still in the "old" style. Expected Results: Expect the conversion to also change the style. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: It is reported in the earlier bug that a patch that changes the style to match the type is here: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/193066
Using the Edit Footnote/Endnote dialog to change the type, I repro this behavior back to Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha1+. Likely it has been this way since the start. To me, changing the style to match the type changed to makes sense though possibly, this isn't what would be expected if styles other than footnote/endnote are used in the note text. Since I don't really use this feature I don't know how much of a concern this is. Maybe we just put the patch in and see? https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/193066/4/sw/source/core/doc/docftn.cxx
Could be an issue for heavily styled footnote-endnote environments like when using the Zotero plugin. But for a simple Footnote vs. Endnote style swap on type change it should be benign. +1 to submit. Can refine if more logic than the simple style swap over is needed.
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/c23c71cef94d19375d741045975a846bac85fefe Resolves tdf#169129 Feature to switch between footnotes/endnotes does It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.