To add information to e-Detailers and their briefs, you can apply footnotes to the text components. This additional information isn't visible on a slide when you're presenting the e-Detailer. You access footnotes within the dedicated Footnotes
pop-up, while the text on the slide contains only a superscript symbol as the footnote indication. When required, you can add footnotes without superscript indicators, making a hint for yourself in the Footnotes
pop-up. To open the Footnotes
pop-up, click the FOOTNOTES
button at the bottom of the slide.
To apply footnotes, you must create the footnotes for your e-Detailer, and then add created footnotes to text.
To create a footnote:
1. Add the text component or select the one already added.
2. Go to Properties. Click F
.
3. In the configuration pop-up, click + ADD NEW
.
4. Enter the footnote text.
5. Select a symbol to indicate the footnote on the slide.
The following footnote indicator options are available:
a-z
/A-Z
: Lower and uppercase lettersi, ii, iii, ...
: Roman numbers*, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶...
: Six typographical symbolsCustom symbol
: Your symbolAdd hint
: No superscript indication on the slide. Enter up to ten characters in the input field that appears once you select this option. To view the hint, open the item PREVIEW and unfold theFootnotes
pop-up.
6. Click the check mark button to save the footnote.
The newly added footnote appears at the end of the list. To change the footnote order, drag it to the required position in the list.
You can also edit [1] and delete [2] a footnote.
While editing, you can add external resources to footnotes with the following controls:
Control | Action | Notes |
Add a PDF file to the footnote | Select the text fragment and click | |
Add a link to the footnote | ||
Delete the link | Select the link text or put the cursor next to the link and click |
To add the created footnote to the text:
1. Add the text component or select the one already added.
2. Place the mouse cursor in the text where you need to add a footnote.
3. Go to Properties. Click F
.
4. In the configuration pop-up, select the checkboxes of the required footnotes to display them on the slide.
5. Click SAVE
.
The superscript footnote indicators appear in the text where you've placed your mouse cursor.
To check the footnotes added to the text components, open the Footnotes
pop-up:
In the EDIT mode, select the footnote indicators and click
F
on the Properties tab.In the PREVIEW mode, click
FOOTNOTES
at the bottom of the slide.
When creating a localization copy of an item, you can localize the added footnotes in the configuration pop-up. Thus, your copy ZIP archive contains texts and footnotes in both the original and current languages. To use the specific localization version, select the required language in the Edit details pop-up.
Footnote properties
You can set up the resulting appearance and behavior for the footnotes in your e-Detailer: the whole component, and its pop-up and button. For this:
1. Switch on Master template [1].
2. Open the Tree tab [2]. Unfold Footnotes
[3].
3. Go to the Properties tab on the customization panel [4].
You can set the general properties for the footnotes component:
COMPONENT NAME
: Rename the component.DELIMITER
: Select a comma or space to separate footnote indicators on the slide.
Footnotes pop-up and button
You can customize the styles and properties of the Footnotes
pop-up and the FOOTNOTES
button.
Pop-up with footnotes
To customize the Footnotes
pop-up:
1. Switch on Master template.
2. Open the Tree tab. Unfold Footnotes
.
3. Click Pop-up
.
4. Go to the Properties tab on the customization panel.
You can set the following properties for the Footnotes
pop-up:
COMPONENT NAME
: Rename thePop-up
component. Your changes appear in Tree on the fly.NAME
: Rename theFootnotes
pop-up with the WYSIWYG editor or browse for the required name in Veeva Vault. Your changes are applied to theFootnotes
pop-up header on the fly.Show close button
: Selected by default. Deselect the checkbox to hide the close button in the pop-up.CLOSE BUTTON ICON
: Browse for a custom close button icon in the Assets pop-up.ICON POSITION
: Set the required position of the close button icon in the pop-up.Close on outside tap
: Selected by default. This is an additional option to close theFootnotes
pop-up when presenting the e-Detailer. With it, you close theFootnotes
pop-up by tapping the slide anywhere outside the pop-up. Deselect this checkbox to close theFootnotes
pop-up with the close button only.Show overlay
: Selected by default. It grays out the slide area behind theFootnotes
pop-up. Deselect the checkbox to keep the slide area behind the pop-up unchanged.
To customize the size, position, background color, and border of the Footnotes
pop-up, go to the Styling tab.
Button
To customize the FOOTNOTES
button:
1. Switch on Master template.
2. Open the Tree tab. Unfold Footnotes
.
3. Click Button
.
4. Go to the Properties tab on the customization panel.
You can set the following properties for the FOOTNOTES
button:
To customize the size, position, background color, and border of the button, go to the Styling tab.