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From: mitanu@goedel.top.cis.syr.edu (Mitanu Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Tables, Minipages and Footnotes.
Keywords: table, minipage, footnote
Message-ID: <1990Dec17.133540.28511@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 17 Dec 90 19:29:46 GMT
Reply-To: mitanu@top.cis.syr.edu (Mitanu Paul)
Distribution: usa
Organization: CIS Dept., Syracuse University
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I am trying to typeset a table whose caption contains a footnote. The footnote
is to be put below the table. Here is what I did.


	\begin{table}[htb]
		\begin{minipage}[c]{5in}
		\caption{A line which fits in 5in.\protect\footnote{Footnote}}
			%%%  \begin{tabular} ... Stuff ... \end{tabular}
		\end{minipage}
	\end{table}

And I get the following:

	Table 1: A line which fits in 5in. b % <- the footnote symbol "b".

			... Stuff ...

	------------
	"a" Footnote.
	"b" Footnote.


Why the two footnotes? It is the first minipage in the document.
BTW, the ... Stuff ... part is less than 5in wide. When I increase the
width of the minipage, though, then the problem goes away.

Please send me e-mail.

Thanks.

-- Mitanu.