The following .org file produces an invalid .odt file upon export to odt because of the footnote in the footnote: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- #+TITLE: Footnote in footnote produces invalid .odt #+AUTHOR: Rainer M. Krug * A Footnote in a Footnote Some footnote[fn:2] * Versions Org-mode version 8.3.2 (release_8.3.2-161-gd2ac25 @ /Users/rainerkrug/.emacs.d/elpa/24.5/org-20151005/) GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.0.0, Carbon Version 157 AppKit 1404.13) of 2015-11-03 on Rainers-MacBook-Pro.local Libre Office: Version: 5.0.3.2 Build ID: e5f16313668ac592c1bfb310f4390624e3dbfb75 Locale: en-US (en.UTF-8) * FOOTNOTES [fn:2] Footnote 2[fn:1] [fn:1] CHECK! --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The odt is attached for reference. Cheers, Rainer