Hamid, Thank you! I did this to the first note in the paper, and the next note begins with number 1, as I wanted. Simi ——————————————————— Simeon Chavel Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible The University of Chicago Divinity School 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637 tel.: +1.773.702.6387 fax: +1.773.702.6048 ——————————————————— On Mar 24, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Hamid Haji wrote: > On 24 Mar 2010, at 16:34, Simeon Chavel wrote: > [...] >> But now I have a new question: How do I make a different first footnote, one that is not numbered with the rest, has in fact no number at all but maybe an asterisk, and in such a way that there is no visible reference in the body of the text? > > If I understand you correctly: > Insert this note in the normal way. > Then place the cursor anywhere in the text of that note or select the note reference in the body. > From the Footnote (green) tag in the Statusbar apply the menu 'Set Custom Note Reference ...' > Enter the custom text for the note's reference. (In this case *). > This will not affect the sequential numbering of the remaining footnotes. > To make * invisible in the body, select it and apply Format:Text Color:White. > > Hamid