Footnote fans may be interested in a new release of the free open-source DTP software Scribus 1.6. Now has “foot and end notes (experimental feature)” along with a new dark mode, a “new PDF-based output preview”, and even (it’s claimed) import of Microsoft Publisher .PUB and Quark files. Still works on Windows 7 too.
The download is here. I’m downloading now, and I’ll believe the .PUB import when I see it. But the footnotes and other changes make it a must-install.
Update: I knew it was too good to be true. The 64-bit installs, launches and then… completely and utterly freezes. Rebooting the PC made no difference. I then tried the 32-bit, but the same problem there. Scribus also then managed to make my old Microsoft Publisher un-launchable, due to the new C++ runtime installers Scribus needed to install.