hard numbers for fn

["Phillip P. Ferreira" ferreira@xxxxxxxx]

I have recently been asked to submit an electronic version of a book
manuscript in which all footnotes are done manually (i.e. no automatic
footnote numbering).

This means I must individually type in numbers for five-hundred
plus footnotes. Does anyone out there have an XPL rountine that searches
out  inserts a number, stores that number, moves on to the next 
and then adds plus one. If you could share this with me (or give me
quick and dirty instructions on constructing my own routine) it would be
greatly appreciated.

Also, I have been asked to eliminate all formatting codes **except**
character modes (italic, underline, etc.) It's my recollection that
strip.prn gets rid of everything (including character modes). Is there
anyway to instruct strip.prn to leave this information in place? Again,
any advice would be welcome.

Thanks.

Phil Ferreira
ferreira@xxxxxxxx