Just by the way--in MacWord 2004, this seems to work for me:

Insert the first footnote as a Custom Mark with an *, then insert the
regular footnotes as AutoNumber. No section break required, it appears to
allow a separate series of numbered and custom notes.

Daiya


On 7/27/05 9:34 PM, "bfjplt" wrote:

Suzanne,
THANKS, that was awesome. Method 1 worked for me. I really appreciate your
help.
Kate

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have found two ways to do this. Neither is a very satisfactory workaround,
and both have drawbacks.

Method 1 will work only if your document does not require any section breaks
(that is, it's all in one section to begin with):

1. Insert your first footnote, selecting the *, €*, €¡ series of marks.

2. Insert a Continuous section break somewhere between that footnote and the
next.

3. When you insert the next footnote, change to the 1, 2, 3 numbering.
Choose "This section" under "Apply to" and "Restart each section" under
Numbering.


Method 2 will work only if you have a numbered footnote on the same page
with the author-name asterisked footnote:

1. Type an asterisk manually after the author's name.

2. Insert Footnote 1 normally.

3. Move the insertion point to the beginning of Footnote 1 (before the
reference number) and press Enter.

4. In the new paragraph, type an asterisk and your author note. Note that
this will be part of Footnote 1 and will move with it, which is why you must
have Footnote 1 on the same page.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"bfjplt" wrote in message
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In a scholarly article the authors name is footnoted with an asterisk and
footnote gives a brief bio of the author. The next footnote starts with
number 1 and is consecutive after that. How do I get that 1st footnote to
be
an asterisk and the next and subsequent ones to be numbers?
Thanks