Changing multiple numbers to subscript at once?

Question

I do freelance work and it requires me to use Microsoft Word 2007. I find myself spending a lot of time going through and changing numbers, one at a time, to superscript. Is there an easier way to do this, maybe using the find/replace tool?

A little more information, it is for chapters of a book. The reference numbers need to be made from just a regular number to superscript. The numbers in the text are normally sited like [reference number]. I am wondering if there is an easier way to change all of these at once, to increase the amount of time I spend on things for work that are actually important.

Answer 1

Is it too much to ask for you to fully define the scope of your request up front?

Use [([])] in find what.  All others remain the same.

Answer 2

And also, could you tell me how to do it if the numbers are surrounded by parenthesis?

Answer 3

Use:  [([0-9]@)]  in find what

Use:  \1 in replace with

other stuff remains the same.

Answer 4

Thank you so much Greg! Is there any way I could also remove the brackets just as easily? Like, within the same step?

Answer 5

Using Find & Replace with More>Use Wildcards, type:  [[0-9]@] in the find what box

Put your cursor in the Replace with field and type ^& then click More>Format>Font>Superscript

Replace all.