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The journal I intend to submit my paper to requires all the text, including footnotes and acknowledgments, be double spaced. I use the setspace package and put \doublespacing and \renewcommand{\footnotelayout}{\doublespacing} in the preamble. Everything works well except for the fact that the \thanks footnotes are not double spaced. How can I solve this?

An mwe:

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, oneside]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{footmisc}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\renewcommand{\footnotelayout}{\doublespacing\normalsize}

\title{How to double space the ``thanks'' footnote?\thanks{\normalsize Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text.}}
\author{John Smith\thanks{\normalsize Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text.}}
\date{\today}

\doublespacing

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}

\maketitle

\lipsum[3]

\thispagestyle{empty}

\end{titlepage}

\section{Introduction}

Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text. Some random text.\footnote{\lipsum[5]}

\end{document}
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  • since you talk about \footnotelayout, i assume you're using footmisc, but there's no guessing what class you're using. an mwe would be useful. having said all of which, \thanks isn't "quite" a \footnote, and it may be that all you need do is \thanks{\doublespacing <blah>}
    – wasteofspace
    Jun 27, 2012 at 13:39
  • Thanks! Yes, I'm using footmisc and the article class. Unfortunately, \thanks{\doublespacing ...} produces an error. I'll provide an mwe shortly.
    – tymon
    Jun 27, 2012 at 13:58

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Use \thanks{\protect\doublespacing\normalsize ...}.

Alternatively, since typing all that is tiresome, use the etoolbox package to patch the code for the \thanks command itself; thus

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\thanks}{#1}{\protect\doublespacing\normalsize#1}{}{}

Subsequently, \thanks{whatever} should produce a normalsize, double spaced footnote.

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  • Thanks! \normalsize\protect\doublespacing doesn't work perfectly (i.e. \normalsize no longer works), but \protect\doublespacing\normalsize is just perfect!
    – tymon
    Jun 27, 2012 at 14:49
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    @tymon: Thanks for accepting Ian's answer; don't forget to upvote it as well!
    – doncherry
    Jun 27, 2012 at 15:23
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    @tymon --- I didn't notice the problem with \normalsize; I have corrected my answer.
    – Ian Thompson
    Jun 27, 2012 at 15:53
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    @doncherry --- done!
    – Ian Thompson
    Jun 27, 2012 at 15:53

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