On 2011-06-18, Unknown wrote: > If I use the {\fnsymbol{footnote}} command at the start of my book, I > am able to get symbols for the footnotes/endnotes, instead of numbers.
> A question please: how do I get a large number of such symbols, as > required? At present, I am able to get only a limited number (maybe 25 > or 50, not sure), after which error messages start showing up. This is already very much. The default I know is ca. 10 symbols. For a complete book, you need to re-use the footnote symbols, per page or per chapter. Have a look at e.g. the LaTeX FAQ to find ways to configure footnotes. Günter