If have many instances of X followed by a number, but I only want to subscript the number if it's proceeded by a single X.



X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
12
23
12
45

A wildcard Find/Replace:
Find = [0-9]{1,}
Replace = ^&

This subscripts everything, but not sure how to isolate the number.

Don't bother trying to isolate the number. Just subscript the lot and then do a second search and replace to make any subscript X into normal size.

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

Thanks Andrew, but I don't want a number that is all by itself to be subscript.

So, in post #1, those last four numbers should not be subscript.

As Andrew said:
That means:
A wildcard Find/Replace:
Find = X[0-9]{1,}
Replace = ^&
subscripting the replacement
followed by:
Find = X
with the subscript attribute
Replace = ^&
removing the subscript.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Ok thanks. I got it now. I had tried that, X[0-9]{1,}, but it wasn't working.

Wasn't working (my fault) because the number after the X is actually a SEQ field.

I will now have to switch the strategy to subscripting the SEQ field code when it is displayed.

All sorted. Thank you Andrew and Paul.