diff --git a/R/footnote.R b/R/footnote.R
index cca651a..8724141 100644
--- a/R/footnote.R
+++ b/R/footnote.R
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #' "number", "alphabet" and "symbol".
 #'
 #' @export
-add_footnote <- function(input, label = NULL, notation = "alphabet") {
+add_footnote <- function(input, label = NULL, notation = "alphabet", threeparttable = F) {
   if (is.null(label)){return(input)}
   # Define available id list
   if (!notation %in% c("number", "alphabet", "symbol")){
@@ -35,54 +35,91 @@
       "**", "&dagger;&dagger;", "&Dagger;&Dagger;", "&sect;&sect;", "&para;&para;",
       "*", "&dagger;&dagger;&dagger;", "&Dagger;&Dagger;&Dagger;", "&sect;&sect;&sect;", "&para;&para;&para;",
       "**", "&dagger;&dagger;&dagger;&dagger;", "&Dagger;&Dagger;&Dagger;&Dagger;", "&sect;&sect;&sect;&sect;", "&para;&para;&para;&para;"
+    ),
+    symbol.markdown = c(
+      "\\*", "†", "‡", "§", "¶",
+      "\\*\\*", "††", "‡‡", "§§", "¶¶",
+      "\\*\\*\\*", "†††", "‡‡‡", "§§§", "¶¶¶",
+      "\\*\\*\\*\\*", "††††", "‡‡‡‡", "§§§§", "¶¶¶¶"
+    ),
+    symbol.pandoc = c(
+      "\\*", "†", "‡", "§", "¶",
+      "\\*\\*", "††", "‡‡", "§§", "¶¶",
+      "\\*\\*\\*", "†††", "‡‡‡", "§§§", "¶¶¶",
+      "\\*\\*\\*\\*", "††††", "‡‡‡‡", "§§§§", "¶¶¶¶"
     )
   )
   ids <- ids.ops[,notation]
+  ids.intable <- gsub("\\*", "\\\\*", ids)
+
+  #count the number of items in label and intable notation
+  count.label = length(label)
+  count.intablenoot = sum(str_count(input, "\\[note\\]"))
+  if (count.intablenoot != 0 & count.label != count.intablenoot){
+    warning(paste("You entered", count.label, "labels but you put",
+                  count.intablenoot, "[note] in your table."))
+  }
 
   if(!attr(input, "format") %in% c("html", "latex")){
-    warning("Currently kableExtra only supports html and latex. You have to specify your kable export format or set it in the global option `knitr.table.format`.")
     export <- input
+    if(count.intablenoot != 0){
+      for(i in 1:count.intablenoot){
+        export[which(str_detect(export, "\\[note\\]"))[1]] <-
+          sub("\\[note\\]", paste0("^", ids.intable[i], "^",
+            paste0(rep(" ", 4 - nchar(as.character(ids[i]))),
+              collapse = "")), export[which(str_detect(export, "\\[note\\]"))[1]])
+      }
     }
 
-  # Generate latex table footnote using threeparttable --------------------------------
+    export[length(export)+1] <- ""
+    export[length(export)+1] <- "__Note:__"
+    export[length(export)+1] <- paste0(
+      paste0("^", ids[1:length(label)], "^ ", label), collapse = " "
+      )
+    }
+
+  # Generate latex table footnote --------------------------------
   if(attr(input, "format")=="latex"){
-    #count the number of items in label and intable notation
-    count.label = length(label)
-    count.intablenoot = sum(gregexpr("\\[note\\]", input)[[1]]>0)
-      if (count.intablenoot != 0 & count.label != count.intablenoot){
-        warning(paste("You entered", count.label, "labels but you put",
-                      count.intablenoot, "[note] in your table."))
+    # If longtable is used, then use page footnote instead of threeparttable
+    # as it makes more sense to see the footnote at the bottom of page if
+    # table is longer than one page.
+    if(grepl("\\\\begin\\{longtable\\}", input)){
+
+      for(i in 1:count.intablenoot){
+        input <- sub("\\[note\\]", paste0("\\\\footnote[", ids[i], "]{", label[i], "}"), input)
+      }
+    }else{
+      # Regular cases other than longtable
+      # generate footer with appropriate symbol
+      footer <- ""
+      for(i in 1:count.label){
+        footer <- paste0(footer,"\\\\item [", ids[i], "] ", label[i], "\n")
       }
 
-    # generate footer with appropriate symbol
-    footer <- ""
-    for(i in 1:count.label){
-      footer <- paste0(footer,"\\\\item [", ids[i], "] ", label[i], "\n")
-    }
+      # Replace in-table notation with appropriate symbol
+      for(i in 1:count.intablenoot){
+        input <- sub("\\[note\\]", paste0("\\\\textsuperscript{", ids[i], "}"), input)
+      }
 
-    # Replace in-table notation with appropriate symbol
-    for(i in 1:count.intablenoot){
-      input <- sub("\\[note\\]", paste0("\\\\textsuperscript{", ids[i], "}"), input)
-    }
-
-    #
-    if(grepl("\\\\caption\\{.*?\\}", input)){
-      if(grepl("\\\\begin\\{tabular\\}", input)){
+      if(grepl("\\\\caption\\{.*?\\}", input)){
         export <- sub("\\\\caption\\{", "\\\\begin{threeparttable}\n\\\\caption{", input)
-        }else{export <- input}
-    }else{
-      export <- sub("\\\\begin\\{tabular\\}", "\\\\begin{threeparttable}\n\\\\begin{tabular}", input)
-    }
-    export <- gsub(
+      }else{
+        export <- sub("\\\\begin\\{tabular\\}", "\\\\begin{threeparttable}\n\\\\begin{tabular}", input)
+      }
+      export <- gsub(
         "\\\\end\\{tabular\\}",
         paste0(
           "\\\\end{tabular}\n\\\\begin{tablenotes}\n\\\\small\n",
           footer, "\\\\end{tablenotes}\n\\\\end{threeparttable}"
-          ),
+        ),
         export)
+    }
   }
   if(attr(input, "format")=="html"){
-
+    export <- input
   }
   return(export)
 }
+
+
+
diff --git a/R/magic_mirror.R b/R/magic_mirror.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fa726c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/magic_mirror.R
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#' Magic mirror that returns kable's attributes
+#'
+#' @param input The output of kable
+#'
+#' @export
+
+magic_mirror <- function(input){
+  if(!"knitr_kable" %in% attr(input, "format")){
+    warning("magic_mirror may not be able to produce correct result if the",
+            " input table is not rendered by knitr::kable. ")
+  }
+  kable_format <- attr(input, "format")
+  if (kable_format == "latex"){
+    magic_mirror_latex(input)
+  }
+  if (kable_format == "html"){
+    magic_mirror_html(input)
+  }
+}
+
+#' Magic mirror for latex tables
+magic_mirror_latex <- function(input){
+  # kable will put a begin{table} shell if caption is not NULL
+  caption <- ifelse(
+    str_detect(input, "\\\\caption\\{.*?\\}"),
+    str_match(input, "caption\\{(.*?)\\}")[2], NULL
+  )
+}