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[Forum] superscript
Hi all I don't know whether this has come up before, but can you start a sentence with superscript? The context is a translation of a medical document, and the word in question is "111In-pentetreotide " (the 111 is superscript). Try as I might, I see no way to add anything at the beginning, or turn

[Forum] French - semicolon - superscript note
In a French language document, how do you correctly handle the spacing of a superscript note (for a footnote) with punctuation that needs to be preceded by a space, such as a semicolon? Which is correct... ... 15 ans ;(superscript numeral) ... 15 ans(superscript numeral) ; Thanks!

[Forum] Punctuation with superscript?
Greetings, I'm inserting footnote numbers into my text via Microsoft Word, and am not sure if there should be any space between the superscript and the word, or where to place a comma, or other punctuation, if the superscript follows the word. I'm quite sure this is basic for most of you, but not

[Forum] Superscript endnote callouts and parentheses
I'm editing a book with endnote superscript callouts appearing both before and after parentheses that enclose complete statements: "(The Pequots claimed...they had mistaken him for a Dutchman.1)"; and "(The Pequots paid dearly for this.)1"; which is correct? The second example, with the superscri

[Forum] RE: Superscript of Registration and Trademark symbols
Welcome to the forum lgreenfeather. I agree with Pixna that they look better in superscript.

[Forum] RE: 8/8ths
That shouldn't be superscript, Jerry. See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch09/ch09_sec006.html]CMOS 9.6: Ordinals[/url]. You can turn off that feature in Word so it doesn't automatically create superscript where you don't want it.

[Forum] RE: Superscript callouts, italic vs. roman
I would keep the superscript roman. The citation number isn't part of what's being cited, so there's no reason for it to be italicized.

[Forum] Superscript of Registration and Trademark symbols
Hello. We are having an internal debate. Should the (R) and (TM) symbols be superscript or not? I can't seem to find anything definitive in the online manual.

[Forum] RE: Superscript of Registration and Trademark symbols
Hello, and welcome to the forum. Either format is acceptable and considered legal for trademark and copyright symbols, but they'll look better and more polished if they're superscript.

[Forum] RE: Asterisk before or after a semicolon?
I'm going to suggest treating it just as CMOS treats a superscript numeral and putting it after the semicolon. It is, after all, taking the place of a superscript numeral.

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