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(latex.info)\fnsymbol

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\fnsymbol
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   `\fnsymbol{counter}'

   The `\fnsymbol' command causes the value of the `counter' to be
printed in a specific sequence of nine symbols that can be used for
numbering footnotes.

   NB. `counter' must have a value between 1 and 9 inclusive.