Thank you for the response! Here is what I found. The code you suggested...

\def\specialcommand#1{\high{#1}~~~}
\setupfootnotes[n=0,numbercommand=\specialcommand]
\setupfootnotedefinition[distance=0pt]

...actually produced *more* space between the footnote number and the text of the footnote. However, I removed the three tilde (~~~) characters and I got *no* space between the footnote number and text, which is what I wanted to achieve.

A couple of other questions though:

1) My footnotes sometimes still "break" in that the footnote number will be at the end of a line and the footnote text at the beginning of the next line. I tried putting one of the non-breaking space (~) tilde characters back in, just to see if that would prevent the break. However, it *does not* prevent the break...the footnote number and text are still separated. Is there any way to force footnote numbers to be on the same line as the first word of the footnote?

2) Sometimes the last few footnote numbers in the body of my main text appear with a small arrow next to them. These footnotes end up on the next page of text rather than on the page where they are referenced. What is the best solution to this type of thing?

3) Is there a way to turn off hyphenation in the main body of my text, such as with "\nohyphens", but turn *on* hyphenation in the text of the footnotes. My main text is ancient Greek, while my footnotes are mostly English. The Greek is hard to read if it is hyphenated, but I get much better formatting in the footnotes if hyphenation is turned on.

Thanks for the help. I am much closer to what I want now.

Jeff Dodson