Of course. Put this code in your preamble:
\usepackage[symbol]{footmisc}
\DefineFNsymbols{mystyle}{\dagger}
\setfnsymbol{mystyle}
and see the footmisc package documentation.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Pourciau" <bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu>
To: "LyXFolks" <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: Footnote Symbol
A short document has just one footnote. Can I force the footnote symbol to be, say, a dagger?Bruce
