Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Footnote Symbol for Footnote in a Table

[Davidislm]

Hi everyone !

I have a small problem with my footnote in my table.

I have the following code for my table:

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\begin{table}
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}} 
\hspace{-1.7cm}
\begin{tabular}{| c | c | c| m{2cm}|}
\hline\hline
\textbf{Zone/Région} & \textbf{Année de l'étude} & \textbf{Variables d'intérêts} & \textbf{Résultats}: +\footnotemark[1]/0/- ?\\
\hline\hline
Indiana \cite{papke_tax_1994} & 1991 & Taux de chômage & +\\ 
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Tableau récapitulatif des études de cas pratiques sur les zones franches}
\label{Table 1}
\end{table}
\footnotetext[1]{Positif signifie que l'effet est dans le sens désiré. Par exemple: \textit{"Taux de chômage +"} signifie que le chômage diminue}

I would like to use a fnsymbol for my footnotemark (just for this table, not for the entire report). The point is that with this method, I have only the "*" in my table.. The footnote in the bottom of the page is a "1." instead of this asterisk.

I have tried to insert the footnotetext before \end{table} but then it does not appear at all !

Do someone know how can I fix it ?

Many thanks

[localghost]

Please always provide a self-contained and minimal example to make it as easy as possible for others to answer questions. It is much easier and faster to correct provided code instead of writing a document from scratch just to test possible solutions.

Perhaps you should proceed a little bit different and create table notes by e.g. the threeparttable package.

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\documentclass[11pt,frenchb]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{selinput}
\SelectInputMappings{
  eacute={é},
  ocircumflex={ô}
}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{array,booktabs}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}

% see UK TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wholerow
\newcolumntype{_}{>{\global\let\currentrowstyle\relax}}
\newcolumntype{^}{>{\currentrowstyle}}
\newcommand{\rowstyle}[1]{%
  \gdef\currentrowstyle{#1}%
  #1\ignorespaces
}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}
    \caption{Tableau récapitulatif des études de cas pratiques sur les zones franches}
    \label{tab:table}
    \centering
    \begin{threeparttable}
      \begin{tabular}{_c^c^c>{\centering\arraybackslash}^m{2cm}} \toprule
        \rowstyle{\bfseries}
        Zone/Région & Année de l'étude & Variables d'intérêts & Résultats: +\tnote{\textasteriskcentered} /0/- ? \\\midrule
        Indiana \cite{papke_tax_1994} & 1991 & Taux de chômage & + \\ \bottomrule
      \end{tabular}
      \begin{tablenotes}
        \footnotesize
        \item[\textasteriskcentered] Positif signifie que l'effet est dans le sens désiré. Par exemple: \textit{"Taux de chômage +"} signifie que le chômage diminue
      \end{tablenotes}
    \end{threeparttable}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

Click "Open in writeLaTeX" in the the head of the above code box to instantly get the resulting output of the code.

Possible alternatives:

• The tablefootnote package.

Thorsten

[Davidislm]

Great !

Sorry for the example, I would provide a better one next time..

But anyway, thank you very much..

Have a nice day