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All this might seem like a big deal, but in fact, these characters are rarely used in normal text. You should just be aware that some characters have special meaning so you aren't surprised when you do happen to use them.

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... and \}.²

When you insert a footnote, a little superscript appears in the text, and the footnote is placed at the bottom of the page. This footnote was created by typing: $\backslash$footnote{When you insert a footnote...}

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... brackets.³

If you are not happy with the size, you can use commands like $\backslash$big(, $\backslash$Big[, $\backslash$bigg), and $\backslash$Bigg] to get various specific sizes.

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