oh dear
i went on to put the piece of advice into my documents preamble, and realized that i had a huge section there redefining the footnotes to use arabics. i just had to remove that section, and the default was just what i needed. :o) but thanks anyhows martin On 21/01/06, Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martin A. Hansen writes: > > i know its a bit wierd, but this publisher wants a footnote marked > > with an asterix. > > The LaTeX Companion, page 110: > > \renewcommand\thefootnote > {\fnsymbol{footnote}} > > -K > > -- > Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tiros-Translations >