Indented Footnote Content Not Supported

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Pandoc-style indented footnote content does not work in Quarto markdown; use the ::: ^ref … ::: div syntax instead.

`Q-2-29` — Indented Footnote Content Not Supported

Pandoc-style indented footnote content does not work in Quarto markdown; use the ::: ^ref … ::: div syntax instead.

Pandoc supports a footnote-definition form where the content sits as an indented block beneath the reference:

Some text[^1].

[^1]:
    The footnote content, indented.

Quarto markdown does not parse that form. Instead, it represents footnote bodies as fenced divs labelled with the reference:

Some text[^1].

::: ^1
The footnote content.
:::

Most often the markdown was copied from a Pandoc document, or written by someone familiar with Pandoc but new to Quarto.

Convert the indented body to the div form. The reference inside the div (^1 in the example) must match the reference in the text.

Some text[^1].

[^1]:
    Body.