excel update superscript by 1

htownpaper · #1 12-08-2014, 02:47 PM

Hi All,

Please ignore the title. this is for word not excel.

Hope you guys are doing good. I have a manual list of superscripts like

item^1
item^2
item^3

Is there a shortcut to have it read:

item^2
item^3
item^4

macropod · #2 12-08-2014, 05:25 PM

Is this for Word or Excel? Your title refers to Excel, but you've posted in the Word forum.

htownpaper · #3 12-08-2014, 05:39 PM

sorry word.

macropod · #4 12-08-2014, 05:45 PM

Assuming the numbers are superscripted text (not footnote/endnote references and the like), you could use a macro like:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "[0-9]@>"
    .Font.Superscript = True
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Format = True
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
    .Text = CLng(.Text + 1)
    .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

For PC macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
For Mac macro installation & usage instructions, see: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/InstallMacro.html

htownpaper · #5 12-08-2014, 06:03 PM

quick question,

how could I set the increment the superscript based upon the value of the preceeding superscript.

for example

x^1
x^32
x^66

would become

x^1
x^2
x^3

htownpaper · #6 12-08-2014, 06:12 PM

got it!

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "[0-9]@>"
    .Font.Superscript = True
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Format = True
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
    If .Text = "0" Then
      .Text = CLng(.Text + 1)
      i = 1
    Else
      .Text = CLng(i + 1)
      i = i + 1
      .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
      .Find.Execute
    End If
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

macropod · #7 12-08-2014, 06:11 PM

You could use:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long
i = 0
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "[0-9]@>"
    .Font.Superscript = True
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Format = True
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute
  End With
  Do While .Find.Found
    .Text = i
    i = i + 1
    .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    .Find.Execute
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Where I have 'i = 0', simply replace the 0 with whatever you want the starting # to be.

htownpaper · #8 12-08-2014, 06:17 PM

actually this is right:

Code:

Sub Demo()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument.Range
  With .Find
    .ClearFormatting
    .Replacement.ClearFormatting
    .Text = "[0-9]@>"
    .Font.Superscript = True
    .Replacement.Text = ""
    .Format = True
    .Forward = True
    .Wrap = wdFindStop
    .MatchWildcards = True
    .Execute
  End With
  i = 0
  Do While .Find.Found
    .Text = CLng(i + 1)
    .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
    .Find.Execute
    i = i + 1
  Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

macropod · #9 12-08-2014, 06:38 PM

The code in your last post is essentially the same as what I posted in post #6, except that you have an unnecessary CLng conversion - '.Text = CLng(i + 1)'

PS: When posting code, please use the code tags. They're indicated by the # button on the posting menu.

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