Greetings, list. My first post here. Please be gentle! The command \contextversion reports I am using 2020.09.03 20:03 on Windows 10. The MWE below produces a column and a half of text, not balanced (despite the \setupcolumns [...balance=yes...] command. Also, the footnote *number* appears on the PDF, but the *text* of the footnote doesn't. However, when I use the online compiler (live.contextgarden.net, reported version 2020.06.30 17:30, older than mine), the footnote text *does* appear, though the columns are still not balanced. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usemodule[ipsum] \setupfootnotes[location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=8.5pt] \setupcolumns [n=2,balance=yes,blank=line] \starttext \chapter{Footnote Test — \contextversion} \startcolumns \ipsum Cursus metus aliquam eleifend mi in nulla posuere sollicitudin aliquam. Id aliquet risus feugiat in ante metus dictum at tempor.\footnote{Thor, A.U.: {\it Latin 101 for Dummies} (Rome, Dummies Pub., MCMLXXIX)} \ipsum[alternative=lines,n=20] \end columns \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Question (1) : Why don't the columns balance, and how can I fix it? Question (2) : Why does the footnote appear only with the online compiler? What am I doing wrong? Question (3) : For extra credit: How can I get the footnotes to stretch the entire width of the text block instead of the width of one column? I did try to parse the somewhat opaque (to me) information in the wiki and looked in the mailing list archives, but I didn't find the information I needed. Thank you for any help you can offer. Art in Arlington, Virginia, USA.