From: Stefan Blom on
The alternative, of course, is to type the text first and then select and
format as superscript.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"JIMPAP" <JIMPAP(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Your thought is right. I thought about it after in retrospect.
> Anyway, i just needed to know also this info.
>
> ? ??????? "Peter T. Daniels" ???????:
>
>> And the reason you need to do it that way (either by toggling off the
>> format, or clearing all formatting) is, How would Word know when you
>> want to leave off the superscripting? (It's just like italic, bold,
>> underline, etc.)
>>
>> On Mar 24, 3:17 pm, "Stefan Blom"
>> <StefanB...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> > To clarify the first sentence of my previous post: Ctrl+SpaceBar
>> > *clears*
>> > direct formatting.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Stefan Blom
>> > Microsoft Word MVP
>> >
>> > "Stefan Blom" <StefanB...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >
>> > news:eR8K133yKHA.5868(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > You can press Ctrl+SpaceBar (or Ctrl+Shift+Z) to direct font
>> > > formatting
>> > > applied at the insertion point. Note, however, that the command
>> > > clears
>> > > *any* font formatting not in the underlying paragraph style.
>> >
>> > > --
>> > > Stefan Blom
>> > > Microsoft Word MVP
>> >
>> > > "JIMPAP" <JIM...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >news:12B5A53B-9565-495D-A8A0-EF3BA479E035(a)microsoft.com...
>> > >> The problem i am facing has to do generally with formatting but in
>> > >> order
>> > >> for
>> > >> you ti understand it better i will use a specific example.
>> >
>> > >> Let's say that i want to convert a character(number or letter) in
>> > >> superscript.
>> > >> The problem is that after i make this conversion through the font
>> > >> menu,
>> > >> this
>> > >> formatting remains and does not return in the previous
>> > >> non-superscript
>> > >> state-after i press space and the cursor proceeds.
>> >
>> > >> Is there a way that this formatting ceases to apply after i move the
>> > >> cursor?
>> > >> Is it necessary every time that-after i finish formatting the
>> > >> character i
>> > >> want- i must go and uncheck the superscript option?
>> >
>> > >> Can that be done automatically?-
>> .
>>