Footnotes Spanning Pages?

Given my recent frustrations with Word 2008, I'm looking into moving to Pages. Last I checked, Pages doesn't support long footnotes. I primarily do academic writing and occasionally have notes that need to span two pages. Does Pages support this? If not, who do I plead to add this?

Hello
Neither Word nor Pages where designed for academic writings.
Go to "Provide Pages Feedback" in the "Pages" menu, describe what you wish.
Then, cross your fingers, and wait at least for iWork'09
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 27 janvier 2008 21:31:12)

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