How do I add an acknowledgement to author as numbered footnote and a footnote to title as symbol footnote?

Question

I need to add a footnote with a * to the title and begin numbered footnotes with the aknowledgements. I have seen individual solutions to all these but never the combination.

So far I have attempted this combination:

\patchcmd{\maketitle}{\@fnsymbol}{\@arabic}{}{}
\patchcmd{\maketitle}{\setcounter{footnote}{0}}{}{}{}

\newcommand{\footstar}[1]{$^*$\footnotetext{$^*$#1}}
\title{TITLE \footstar{Manuscript received February 2012; revised May 2013.}}

\author{AUTHOR \thanks{THANKS} \\ INSTITUTION}

However, when I do this I get a '0' before the '*' footnote.

You usually need to hook into the .cls' mechanism for doing \thanks. So it is helpful if you provide more information in the form of a minimal example (or here). — jon, Oct 03 '13 at 19:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '13 at 20:27

Are you looking for something like this?

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Code

\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or 1\or 2\or
   3\or 4\or 5\or 6\or 7\or 8\else\@ctrerr\fi}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\title{TITLE \footnote{Manuscript received February 2012; revised May 2013.}}

\author{AUTHOR \thanks{THANKS} \\ INSTITUTION}

\maketitle

\end{document}

Anyway, I don't recommend such a use of footnote marks, since one can get confused on later footnotes.

Probably, something like

\makeatletter
\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or a\or b\or
   c\or d\or e\or f\or g\or h\else\@ctrerr\fi}}
\makeatother

that results in using * in the title and letters for \thanks commands is better, as you can see with the following example:

\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or a\or b\or
   c\or d\or e\or f\or g\or h\else\@ctrerr\fi}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\title{TITLE \footnote{Manuscript received February 2012; revised May 2013.}}

\author{AUTHOR \thanks{THANKS} \\ INSTITUTION}

\maketitle

Some text\footnote{1st real footnote}

\end{document}

enter image description here

Thanks for the answer. I am not a fan of this type of footnoting either but the journal I am submitting to requires this. I have also just noticed that this sequence of commands counts the first * as a footnote. Is there a way to exclude the * in the footnote count? — diplodocuscoffeespot, Oct 04 '13 at 12:42
@diplodocuscoffeespot Not with this approach. Why do you need this? — karlkoeller, Oct 04 '13 at 14:14
Journal wants the footnotes to be like this. Thanks for your help. — diplodocuscoffeespot, Oct 04 '13 at 18:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 15:51

Here is how I have dealt with this issue As @karlkoeller suggested I used this in the preamble and then I reset the footnote counter to start from "2" in the main body. This is a pretty rough and ready way to get this, I think.

\makeatletter
\def\@fnsymbol#1{\ensuremath{\ifcase#1\or *\or 1\or 2\or
   3\or 4\or 5\or 6\or 7\or 8\else\@ctrerr\fi}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}

\title{TITLE \footnote{Manuscript received February 2012; revised May 2013.}}

\author{AUTHOR\thanks{THANKS}}

\section{INTRODUCTION}
{\setcounter{footnote}{1}}{}{}{}

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

There is a less LaTeX-way solution, but it on the other hand gives you a complete flexibility:

We need a footnote that has no symbols whatsoever.

\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\blfootnote[1]{%
  \begingroup

  \renewcommand\thefootnote{}\footnote{#1}%
  \addtocounter{footnote}{-1}%
  \endgroup }

See this answer for more details.

Just put a footnote without a marker wherever you want, but on the same page, adding the marker inside of the footnote text and adjusting the alignment: \blfootnote{\hspace*{-7.4pt}$\dagger$ Your Acknowledgements here}
Add the marker using math language: My Title $^\dagger$

Again, I know this is not how LaTeX is supposed to work, but on the other hand you should do it only for the title page, plus the proposed solution gives you a complete flexibility on what, how, and where you can put as a footnote.

How do I add an acknowledgement to author as numbered footnote and a footnote to title as symbol footnote?

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