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12. PAGE NOTES\newfootnoteseries{〈series〉}\plainfootstyle{〈series〉}\twocolumnfootstyle{〈series〉}\threecolumnfootstyle{〈series〉}\paragraphfootstyle{〈series〉}If you need further series you can create you own. A new footnote series is created bythe \newfootseries macro, where 〈series〉 is an alphabetic identifier for the series. Thisis most conveniently a single (upper case) letter, for example P.Calling, say, \newfootnoteseries{Q} creates a set of macros equivalent to thosefor the normal \footnote but with the 〈series〉 appended. These include \footnoteQ,\footnotemarkQ, \footnotetextQ and so on. These are used just like the normal\footnote and companions.By default, a series is set to typeset using the normal style of a paragraph per note. Theseries’ style can be changed by using one of the \...footstyle commands.For example, to have a ‘P’ (for paragraph) series using roman numerals as markerswhich, in the main text are superscript with a closing parenthesis and at the foot are on thebaseline followed by an endash, and the text is set in italics at the normal footnote size:\newfootnoteseries{P}\paragraphfootstyle{P}\renewcommand{\thefootnoteP}{\roman{footnoteP}}\footmarkstyleP{#1--}\renewcommand{\@makefnmarkP}{%\hbox{\textsuperscript{\@thefnmarkP)}}}\renewcommand{\foottextfontP}{\itshape\footnotesize}This can then be used like:.... this sentence\footnoteP{A ‘p’ footnote\label{fnp}}includes footnote~\footrefP{fnp}.The \newfootnoteseries macro does not create series versions of the footnoterelatedlength commands, such as \footmarkwidth and \footmarksep, nor does it createversions of \footnoterule.At the foot of the page footnotes are grouped according to their series; all ordinaryfootnotes are typeset, then all the first series footnotes (if any), then the second series, andso on. The ordering corresponds to the order of \newfootnoteseries commands.If you can’t specify a particular footnote style using the class facilities the footmiscpackage [Fai00] provides a range of styles. A variety of styles also comes with the ledmacpackage [Wil03b] which additionally provides several classes of footnotes that can bemixed on a page.12.1.2 StylingThe parameters controlling the vertical spacing of footnotes are illustrated in Figure 12.1.There is a discussion in §4.2 starting on page 65 about how to style the \thanks command;footnotes can be similarly styled.The \footnote macro (and its relations) essentially does three things:• Typesets a marker at the point where \footnote is called;• Typesets a marker at the bottom of the page on which \footnote is called;234