Hi, Messing around with inserts is somewhat special in the interference with page building (at some point in luatex we will get more control over triggering the pagebuilder to recalculate things). I patches float flushing a bit so that the following works, but I'm not sure about side effects (there might be none) so we need to keep an eye on it. % test related to 2011.06.24.001 \automigrateinserts \setupnote[footnote][split=verystrict] \starttext \chapter{A chapter with a note \footnote{chapter note}} Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par \placefigure{A caption with a note \footnote{caption note}.}{\externalfigure[cow][height=3cm]} \placefigure{A caption with a note \footnote{caption note}.}{\externalfigure[cow][height=3cm]} \placefigure{A caption with a note \footnote{caption note}.}{\externalfigure[cow][height=3cm]} \placefigure{A caption with a note \footnote{caption note}.}{\externalfigure[cow][height=3cm]} \placefigure{A caption with a note \footnote{caption note}.}{\externalfigure[cow][height=3cm]} \section{A section with a note \footnote{section not}} Inline text with a note \footnote{inline note}.\par \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------