I haven't needed that in over 15 years, but if you need this, install this add-on for free [1].
> footnotes
Insert > Footnote
> References
Tools > Research, Cite as Footnote
> Multi-column layouts
Format > Columns
> A mixture of portrait and landscape pages?
This is hard to do in Word too. If you really need this, make two Google docs (landscape, portrait, and then a Word Doc that integrates the two that you keep in Read-Only mode).
But really, why is this needed for serious uses and considered "seriously lacking?"
> Captions on tables
This could be done by just inserting text and formatting the way you want. I don't think you can generate a table of tables though.
Do you have a list of commonly used "hobbled" features? None of these are something I've had a need to do for decades.
I haven't needed that in over 15 years, but if you need this, install this add-on for free [1].
> footnotes
Insert > Footnote
> References
Tools > Research, Cite as Footnote
> Multi-column layouts
Format > Columns
> A mixture of portrait and landscape pages?
This is hard to do in Word too. If you really need this, make two Google docs (landscape, portrait, and then a Word Doc that integrates the two that you keep in Read-Only mode).
But really, why is this needed for serious uses and considered "seriously lacking?"
> Captions on tables
This could be done by just inserting text and formatting the way you want. I don't think you can generate a table of tables though. Do you have a list of commonly used "hobbled" features? None of these are something I've had a need to do for decades.
[1] - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mail-merge/lclhkda...