I simply want my footnotes to use numbers rather than symbols (which for some reason is the default behaviour for an article
. I would also like the horizontal line to extend the width of the page. How do I do this?
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel} % formatting rules for the English language
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % proper formatting for accented characters and non-standard characters such as pipelines
\usepackage[top=33mm, bottom=38mm, left=26mm, right=20mm]{geometry} % page layout
\usepackage{lmodern} % font formatting
\usepackage{float} % allow floating environments such as figures
\usepackage{amsmath} % math eqn formatting
\usepackage{amssymb} % math fonts
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\arabic{footnote}} % this doesn't even fix it
\title{\bf{PROJECT}}
\author{NAME.\footnote{Student}}
\date{\today}
\maketitle
\vfill
\begin{abstract}
Abstract here
\end{abstract}
\clearpage
\tableofcontents
\cleardoublepage
\end{document}