[Solved] Unnumbered Footnote

[GMH]

I'm preparing an article in which the first footnote will be an acknowledgment of someone who assisted in the research. The house style of the publication requires that this initial footnote not be anchored or numbered. How would I go about this? Subsequent footnotes would be anchored and numbered as usual beginning with the second footnote, which would be numbered as 1.

[Meowlathotep]

What a painful in-house style...

Honestly, I spent a bit wracking my brain and searching for ideas, but the only one that I can come up with that might suit your needs is like so.

I. Take a look at your other planned footers/endnotes. Figure out font, numbering, etc.
II. Create a frame. That would be Insert->Frame, and I'll let you figure out the settings you need.
III. Fill the frame with text that matches the requirements for the footnote, but doesn't otherwise have numbering or anchors.

Hopefully this will suit your needs.

[keme]

Insert a "character-numbered" footnote and use space as the character.

[GMH]

Insert a "character-numbered" footnote and use space as the character.

Worked like a charm. Thanks!