Footnotes starting at 0, not 1

Question

I've searched the site, and ended up using footmisc with moderncv to use footnotes, but the footnotes start at 0 ... not 1. I would like something like a dagger, but none of those solutions on the site worked. At the very least, I'd like it to start at 1.

Here is a minimal example:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}        % possible options include font size ('10pt', '11pt' and '12pt'), paper size ('a4paper', 'letterpaper', 'a5paper', 'legalpaper', 'executivepaper' and 'landscape') and font family ('sans' and 'roman')
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}         % to set the default font; use '\sfdefault' for the default sans serif font, '\rmdefault' for the default roman one, or any tex font name
% modern themes
\moderncvstyle{banking}                            % style options are 'casual' (default), 'classic', 'oldstyle' and 'banking'
\moderncvcolor{black}                                % color options 'blue' (default), 'orange', 'green', 'red', 'purple', 'grey' and 'black'
% character encoding
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% adjust the page margins
\usepackage[margin=0.63in]{geometry}
\setlength{\footskip}{5pt}
\usepackage{import}
\nopagenumbers{}
% personal data
\name{}{}
\phone[mobile]{}

\email{}

\social{}
\homepage{}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%            content
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage{footmisc}
\begin{document}
\cventry{}{}{}{}{}
{       \textbf{Relevant Courses Completed by Summer 2025:} Algorithms and Complexity\footref{class_disclaimer}, Programming Languages\footref{class_disclaimer}, Computer Networking, Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra\footref{class_disclaimer}, Digital Circuit Design \&amp; Implementation, Compiler Construction, Probability Theory, Computer Security
}


\enlargethispage{\footskip}
\footnotetext{\label{class_disclaimer}Enrolled Fall 2025}
\end{document}

Just use \stepcounter{footnote} and \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}} — Stephen, Jun 10 '23 at 02:09
Could you please provide a MWE @Stephen to show how to use this? — user129393192, Jun 10 '23 at 02:19
Normally, \footnote or \footnotemark increment the footnote counter (using \refstepcounter). One wonders what the \label is hooking up to.. — John Kormylo, Jun 10 '23 at 02:29
Could you please elaborate on how to increment the footnote @JohnKormylo ? What do you mean about the bad usage of \label? — user129393192, Jun 10 '23 at 05:22
I see. I achieved a rough fix by using \setcounter{#} before a \footnotetext{\label{}} whose symbol I wanted to be different than a prior, and referencing with \footref{label} — user129393192, Jun 10 '23 at 05:34
I have a hard time understanding what you're instructing me to do. I'm definitely interested in learning the correct way. — user129393192, Jun 10 '23 at 06:22
It turns out that \footnotetext sets \@currentlabel after all, which is needed when the footnote number is passed as an optional argument.. — John Kormylo, Jun 11 '23 at 00:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '23 at 02:29

You're using the \footref command improperly. You need to have at least one proper footnote containing the label and then use \footref for all the identical footnote markers you need. You can change the set of symbols used by creating a new set with \DefineFNsymbols*:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}        % possible options include font size ('10pt', '11pt' and '12pt'), paper size ('a4paper', 'letterpaper', 'a5paper', 'legalpaper', 'executivepaper' and 'landscape') and font family ('sans' and 'roman')
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}         % to set the default font; use '\sfdefault' for the default sans serif font, '\rmdefault' for the default roman one, or any tex font name
% modern themes
\moderncvstyle{banking}                            % style options are 'casual' (default), 'classic', 'oldstyle' and 'banking'
\moderncvcolor{black}                                % color options 'blue' (default), 'orange', 'green', 'red', 'purple', 'grey' and 'black'
% character encoding
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% adjust the page margins
\usepackage[margin=0.63in]{geometry}
\setlength{\footskip}{5pt}
\usepackage{import}
\nopagenumbers{}
% personal data
\name{}{}
\phone[mobile]{}

\email{}

\social{}
\homepage{}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%            content
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\usepackage[symbol]{footmisc}
\DefineFNsymbols*{cv}{\dagger\ddagger\S\P|%
    {\dagger\dagger}{\ddagger\ddagger}}
\setfnsymbol{cv}
\begin{document}
\cventry{}{}{}{}{}
{       \textbf{Relevant Courses Completed by Summer 2025:} Algorithms and Complexity\footnotemark, Programming Languages\footref{class_disclaimer}, Computer Networking, Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra\footref{class_disclaimer}, Digital Circuit Design \&amp; Implementation, Compiler Construction, Probability Theory, Computer Security
}


\enlargethispage{\footskip}
\footnotetext{\label{class_disclaimer}Enrolled Fall 2025}
\end{document}

There seems to be a bug in the \DefineFNsymbols* command when using pdflatex. The document compiles fine with lualatex. With pdflatex remove the code to define and set the symbols, and add \setcounter{footnote}{1} to the preamble. Since it's using references you'll need to compile twice to get all of the markers right. — Alan Munn, Jun 10 '23 at 02:58
Thanks, but this doesn't get the dagger to work. Only * symbols. — user129393192, Jun 10 '23 at 03:50
\setcounter{footnote}{2} works. Do you know how I can make it so that there is a different symbol for each footnote label that I create? — user129393192, Jun 10 '23 at 05:19

Footnotes starting at 0, not 1

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