\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[frenchb]{babel}
\usepackage[applemac]{inputenc}
The \footnote command is fragile, so that simply placing the command in \section’s arguments isn’t satisfactory. Using \protect\footnote isn’t a good idea either: the arguments of a section command are used in the table of contents and (more dangerously) potentially also in page headers. While footnotes will work in the table of contents, it’s generally not thought a “good thing” to have them there; in the page header, footnotes will simply fail. Whatever the desirability of the matter, there’s no mechanism to suppress the footnote in the page header while allowing it in the table of contents, so the footnote may only appear in the section heading itself.
To suppress the footnote in headings and table of contents:
\section[title] {title\footnote{title ftnt}}
stable — this modifies footnotes so that they softly and silently vanish away if used in a moving argument. With this, you simply need: % in the document preamble
\usepackage[stable]{footmisc}
...
% in the body of the document
\section{title\footnote{title ftnt}}
\begin{table}[placement]
body of the table
\caption{table title}
\end{table} Tables are objects that are not part of the normal text, and are usually "floated" to a convenient place, like the top of a page. Tables will not be split between two pages.
Note that there is an *-form: \begin{table*} ... \end{table*}. This form will put the table in a single column when in two column mode; in one column mode it is identical to the non-* form
The optional argument [placement] determines where LaTeX will try to place your table. There are four places where LaTeX can possibly put a float:
The body of the table is made up of whatever text, LaTeX commands, etc., you wish.
The \caption command allows you to title your table.