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From: schwer@unix.SRI.COM (Len Schwer)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Footnote problem in LaTeX
Message-ID: <15210@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 90 04:23:57 GMT
References: <35932@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: schwer@unix.sri.com (Len Schwer)
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In article <35932@ut-emx.UUCP> nedludd@ut-emx.UUCP (whoever) writes:
>I can't figure out how to make a footnote with a symbol rather than
>a number.  

	try
		\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{fnsymbol{footnote}}

	if this works
		write it in the bottom margin on page 175
		of you LaTeX manual   :-)
				--Len Schwer