On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:03 AM, 42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:

Self-explanatory. I like how org-mode handles footnotes, but I want an
option to hide them while reading (for they are distracting).

Reading what? The org file or resultant PDF? If you're talking about the org file, I don't think there's going to be a way, but I could be wrong. If you can give more specifics, that would be helpful -- is it the [fn:1] you find distracting?