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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 3-5-48 on page I-237 in "snotez --- Numbered or otherwise marked side notes".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{147.0pt}


\setcounter{page}{1}  % marginnote does not like documents starting on even numbered pages!

\addtolength\textwidth{-60pt}
\setlength\marginparwidth{50pt}

\setlength\textheight{7\baselineskip}

  \sloppy % as the columns are so small

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{fnpct}  \usepackage[footnote]{snotez}
\setsidenotes{text-format=\tiny,note-mark-format=#1)}
\renewcommand\thesidenote{\alph{sidenote}}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\ldots\ of straw\footnote*{not to be confused with hay},
sticks\footnote{or lumber according to some sources}
and bricks\footnote{probably fired clay bricks}%
          \footnote{Several in a row?}.
\end{document}