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This is what I have done:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some
text.\footnote{This is footnote 1}\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 2}\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 3}\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 4}\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 5}
Some text.
\end{document}

Which produces:

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Is there a better way to do this, without having to manually put in the \textsuperscript{,}? I'd like it to be automatic.

vy32
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2 Answers2

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Use the footmisc package with the multiple option. See below for a revision of your MWE, for which thank you.

% footmarksprob.tex  SE 554074

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[multiple]{footmisc}


\begin{document}
Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some
text.\footnote{This is footnote 1}%\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 2}%\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 3}%\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 4}%\textsuperscript{,}%
\footnote{This is footnote 5}
Some text.
\end{document}
Peter Wilson
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1

If your document doesn't load the hyperref package, then adopting the recommendation in @PeterWilson's answer -- to load the footmisc package with the option multiple -- is all you need to do.

If, however, your document does load the hyperref package, the aforementioned approach no longer works, i.e., the commas between adjacent footnotes disappear mysteriously. A different approach is required. Specifically, the footnote macro needs to be modified along the lines proposed in this answer to the posting Incompatibility between footmisc-option multiple and hyperref.

As an alternative to modifying the \footnote macro yourself (as is done in the code below), just run

\usepackage[dont-mess-around]{fnpct}

in the preamble.

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}
\setlength\textheight{3cm} % just for this example

\let\oldFootnote\footnote
\newcommand\nextToken\relax
\renewcommand\footnote[1]{%
    \oldFootnote{#1}\futurelet\nextToken\isFootnote}
\newcommand\isFootnote{%
    \ifx\footnote\nextToken\textsuperscript{,}\fi}
%\usepackage[multiple]{footmisc} % doesn't hurt, but doesn't work either
\usepackage[colorlinks,allcolors=blue]{hyperref}


\begin{document}
Some text.\footnote{First}\footnote{Second}\footnote{Third}\footnote{Fourth}\footnote{Fifth}
Some more text.
\end{document}
Mico
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