For the search and replace I mentioned, where I wrote “font>format>superscript” and “font>format>not superscript”, those are not literal text strings to search for or replace with. Instead, when you open the search-and-replace dialogue box, click on the button that says “Format” then select the “Font…” option in the drop-down menu. That will open a “Find Font” dialogue box that includes a checkbox for “Superscript”. Click that box to put a check in it, then hit okay. That will make Find function look for superscript.

For the replace part of the equation, do the same thing, but when you get to the Superscript checkbox, click it once to put the check in and a second time to remove the check. That will put “Not Superscript/Subscript” into the replacement function. Then hit “Replace all” and you’re done.

Depending on your version of Word, the exact steps may vary somewhat, but it should follow pretty much the same pattern. And it sure beats reading through 1200 endnotes looking for superscript characters.

Thanks!!! That’s really useful information. I will do so.

Eric

Also, if you find yourself having to get rid of superscripts from a Word file again, do a search in the text and the endnotes for font>format>superscript and replace it with font>format>not superscript. That will take care of it in a matter of seconds instead of hours.