Using text frames in the Footnote area

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Hi friends!
I feel guilty having to drive everyone crazy about this again and again but it is a critical part of my work, so please do forgive me

1. You cannot draw a standard text from in the FN area.
2. You can insert a frame from the objects panel (like the one that is used in drop caps) and then write it in the FN area.


3. To automate this I was instructed by a link posted here to format text in that frame and then save it as a style. In the future, if I write text and apply that style it will automatically be inside a frame and then can be dragged to the FN area
4. However what I see is that you have to write the text and apply to correct style in the main text area and then drag it as above. If you write it in the FN area and apply the style it doesn't do its thing.

This makes it a little tedious and because I require hundreds of these frames I was hoping there is an easier way.

Any ideas?

Thanks again

Susan