LaTeX: Footnote symbols instead of numbers

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From: Robert A. Luke
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 21:24

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I am trying to use footnote symbols (like asterisks and daggers)
instead of the normal numbers, but am not having much luck.  I tried
to use \fnsymbol{footnote}  (page 175 of Leslie Lamport's book) 
as the "num" argument to \footnote[num]{text}  (on page 156), but
my version of LaTeX complained about needing a number for "num".  And,
sure enough, Lamport says that "num" must be a positive integer.

AAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!

Does anybody know how to get asterisks and daggers for footnotes
instead of numbers?  I'd sure appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks in advance.

-Robert
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The Aerospace Corporation                            luke@uservx.plk.af.mil
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