more symbols for super/subscript numbers and letters

[djc]

Hi there,

just joined and my first post, but i think I will become a frequent visitor.

As you know, you can manually insert a superscript 2 or 3 from the insert symbols menu, which then leaves you with superscript that is insensitive to changes via formatting. The loss of sub/superscripts by people inadvertently reformatting documents is something I fight with all the time in my organization with a dedicated document control staff.

Is there an add-in or something similar that would add to the symbol collection each letter and number in a sub and superscript format, so that they could be inserted as a symbol and thus be equally as robust as the current superscript 2 and 3 symbols?

Cheers,
D

[gmayor]

The short answer is no, but you may be able to find a font that has more superscripted characters. I think your best plan is to create a superscript character style and apply it to the superscripted text.

[BruceM]

In my experiments the superscript/subscript survives direct formatting changes as well as changes to the underlying style (but not Ctrl + Space or other means to remove font formatting). Can you describe the circumstances under which the formatting is lost?

[Robert2]

You could insert them as Unicode characters. Have a look at the following pages:
Superscripts and Subscripts
Unicode subscripts and superscripts

[djc]

Originally Posted by BruceM

In my experiments the superscript/subscript survives direct formatting changes as well as changes to the underlying style (but not Ctrl + Space or other means to remove font formatting). Can you describe the circumstances under which the formatting is lost?

paste values; when entire paragraphs are changed to another style with a defined font setting... there's many but the problem is difficult to address when those doing the formatting (of very large documents) aren't the authors.

[djc]

Originally Posted by Robert2

You could insert them as Unicode characters. Have a look at the following pages:
Superscripts and Subscripts
Unicode subscripts and superscripts

awesome, you've solved my problem, thanks a million. I couldn't do it at first but I worked out that in word 2010 you simply type the 4 digit code into the text and then hit Alt-X. that unicode sheet is going up on my wall!

thanks again for all the replies