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% Subject: writing footnotes without numbers
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% Here is a function which writes a footnote without
% a mark in either the main text or the footnote.
% Some journals (eg Linguistic Inquiry) put acknowledgements
% in an unnumbered first footnote. With this function
% you can put them there.
% 
% I put the function in a style file in a standard
% place for easy access and use.
% 
% -------------------<LaTeX Source Below>-------------------
% T Mark Ellison 26 Jun 1991
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% This style file defines the command \nnfoottext
% which allows the user to at any time insert footnote
% text material without adding a footnote number
% to either the main page or the note.
%
% Sample Use:
%
%         .....
%         \begin{document}
%         .....
%         \nnfoottext{This is a witty and interesting
%         numberless footnote. Thank-you.}
%         .....
%         \end{document}
%
% This was originally developed for the acknowledgement
% notes similar to the style used by the journal
% Linguistic Inquiry. The code was adapted from the latex
% source.
%
\long\def\nnfoottext#1{\insert\footins{\footnotesize
    \interlinepenalty\interfootnotelinepenalty
    \splittopskip\footnotesep
    \splitmaxdepth \dp\strutbox \floatingpenalty \@MM
    \hsize\columnwidth \@parboxrestore
   \edef\@thefnmark{}
   \edef\@currentlabel{}\@makefntext
    {\rule{\z@}{\footnotesep}\ignorespaces
      #1\strut}}}
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%T Mark Ellison      marke@cuscus.cs.uwa.oz.au    Department of Computer Science
%                                                University of Western Australia
%Never necklace an albatross.                               W.A. 6009, Australia