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From: nedludd@ut-emx.UUCP (whoever)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Footnote problem in LaTeX
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Date: 14 Aug 90 17:44:04 GMT
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(Forgive me if this has been asked before.  I am a new LaTeX user
and thus haven't read the newsgroup before.)

I can't figure out how to make a footnote with a symbol rather than
a number.  I've gone to the relevant section of the manual, where
it says 

    \footnote[num]{text}
    Produces a footnote. . . .The num argument is a positive
    integer, even when footnotes are "numbered" with letters
    or other symbols. . . .

So I guess it can be done.  But it doesn't tell how!!

I have found a numbering command called "\fnsymbol{ctr}", which can
only be used in math mode.  I've tried numerous combinations of
\footnote with $\fnsymbol{1}$ (the 1 here connotes a "*", which is
what I want); nothing works.

-- 
I am, most sincerely,
charles s. geiger, esq.

"Down with all kings but King Ludd" -- Byron