[Tex/LaTex] Changing footnote symbols

footnotessymbols

I was wondering if there is way to change the symbols of footnotes to any symbol I want. I know there are some packages that put away the numbers and use predefined symbols, but I want to use some arbitrary symbol. Is there a way?

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The footnote symbol code is actually very simple:

\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or \dagger\or \ddagger\or
   \mathsection\or \mathparagraph\or \|\or **\or \dagger\dagger
   \or \ddagger\ddagger \else\@ctrerr\fi}}

So, if you were to copy that definition and replace \ddagger by \forall, then the third footnote would get an inverted A.

Do not forget to actually change the footnote counter to fnsymbol:

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

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[Tex/LaTex] Symbols instead of numbers as footnote markers

Use the footmisc package, with option symbol.

here is small example:

\usepackage[symbol]{footmisc}

\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
\footnote[num]{text}

instead of num you can put the number of the symbol you like:

1   asterisk        *   2   dagger      †   3   double dagger       ‡
4   section symbol  §   5   paragraph   ¶   6   parallel lines      ‖
7   two asterisks   **  8   two daggers ††  9   two double daggers  ‡‡

[Tex/LaTex] Changing the mark of endnotes

Add

\renewcommand{\theendnote}{\Roman{endnote}}

to your document preamble. Also, taking from cgnieder's comment,

\renewcommand\theendnote{\fnsymbol{endnote}}

should give you a symbol set for the endnotes rather than Roman numerals. There is a limited set though, as can be seen from a subsidiary definition of \@fnsymbol in latex.ltx:

\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or \dagger\or \ddagger\or
   \mathsection\or \mathparagraph\or \|\or **\or \dagger\dagger
   \or \ddagger\ddagger \else\@ctrerr\fi}}

So, you'll receive the following output:

* -> *
\dagger -> †
\ddagger -> ‡
\mathsection -> §
\mathparagraph -> ¶
\| -> ||
** -> **
\dagger\dagger -> ††
\ddagger\ddagger -> ‡‡
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