On 8/2/07, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there some way of having the same footnote referred more than once? > > > > > > > > This seems so obvious that maybe I misunderstand your question? > > > > You can refer to one particular footnote as much as you want. > > There is no limitiation at all. > > Inside your footnote, "Insert->Label." > > Whenever you want to refer to that footnote, "Insert->Cross Reference", > > then select that particular footnote. > > I admit that I was not clear enough. What I mean is the following. > > Suppose that one has two footnotes with the same contents. Then, one > would prefer using twice the same footnote mark (directing the reader > to the same footnote text) instead of having two footnotes with > exactly the same contents. This is particularly important when one is > writing a paper with two authors with the same affiliation, and the > affiliations being given in footnotes.
A small example of what I mean follows. Maybe the LyX team could consider the direct implementation of this feature (without ERT) in LyX. Paul
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