[texhax] question about TeX FIRST page "footnote"

[Paul Isambert]

Selon "Dr. Daniel Raviv" <ravivd at fau.edu>:

>
> Dear TeX group,
>
> We are done with a paper that we plan to publish, but facing one problem:
>
> The authors of the paper decided to be listed in an alphabetical order... the
> problem is how do we insert a footnote in the FIRST page of the paper that
> says: "Authors are listed in alphabetical order." (My understanding is that
> it is not like other footnotes.)

If you're using plain TeX:
Why should the first page be different? Is it a title page? What happens with
simply \footnote*{The authors are listed in alphabetical order}?

If you're using LaTeX: anybody else?

Best,
Paul