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Writing the centuries.

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telliak Posted messages 3652 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
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Hello,
The standard is to write nineteenth century with: "xix" in lowercase and small capitals and "e" as a superscript.
Is there a trick to help with typing in Word 2010?
I did think about auto-corrections, but, unless I'm mistaken, formatting is not possible.
Thank you for your ideas.

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    Argitxu Posted messages 5292 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 844
     
    Hello Telliak :)

    After the xix, you can, as mentioned above, use the shortcut CTRL Shift + to go into superscript.
    To exit, press Ctrl Space to switch back to normal mode. That's one less contortion.

    However, you could set up an autocorrect.
    Only select these 2 characters: a superscript e and the normal space that follows. Then:
    - File => Options => Proofing => Autocorrect Options => ‘Autocorrect’ tab
    - In the “While typing” section, check ‘Formatted text’: you will see your little e and the selected space
    - In Replace, you could put a character that you don’t use or rarely use, like the ‘greater than’ symbol >
    - Then Add => OK
    After that, you can type xix> and the automatic superscript will pop up automatically

    And the day you really need the < symbol that will be corrected, as soon as you've typed it, a Ctrl Z will undo the defined autocorrect

    Would it save your nerves and your little fingers...? ;-)

    Argitxu
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