>>> "JMM" == Juan Manuel MacĂ­as writes: > Hi Uwe, > Uwe Brauer writes: >> It seems that the function org-footnote--allow-reference-p >> is the culprit, but which places are *forbidden* the doc string does not >> say much. > If you mean to insert a note in an empty cell, you can insert just > before the note mark a zero width space (M-x insert-char RET 200b RET) Ah! That was it, thanks! I think the documentation of org-footnote-action could be a bit more explicit and cover this case.