# How can I make enumerations automatically superscript?

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-can-i-make-enumerations-automatically-superscript/49345>\
**Category:** Scrivener for Windows\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-can-i-make-enumerations-automatically-superscript/49345 "2020-03-26T13:17:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saciel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Saciel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Saciel)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-can-i-make-enumerations-automatically-superscript/49345/1 "2020-03-26T13:17:32Z")

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Hi!

I write historical texts, so I have a lot of “xxx (5th century BCE)” or “dated to the 17th day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar” etc.

Is there a way to make Scrivener put the “th” “rd” “st” etc. into superscript automatically?  
Because for some reason the shortcut ctrl+g or ctrl+up doesn’t work and it is very annoying to go to Format --\> Font --\> Base line --\> superscript every single time.

best,  
Saciel

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**Author:** ![DavidR](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/davidr/32/78_2.png) [@DavidR](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/DavidR)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-can-i-make-enumerations-automatically-superscript/49345/2 "2020-03-26T15:39:01Z")

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I run into this need too. I don’t think there’s any way to automate it in Scrivener (though I don’t know what all goodies may be coming in v. 3!). I always find that the keyboard shortcut works. NB it’s a combination: Ctrl+G immediately followed by Ctrl+UpArrow. You can do that, type “th”, then do that combo again (it’s a toggle); or type the “th” and go back and select the text, then use the shortcut. Scrivener uses a lot of these Ctrl+G combos as keyboard shortcuts, for reasons on which I choose not to speculate; I just learn as many as I can.

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**Author:** ![Saciel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@Saciel](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Saciel)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-can-i-make-enumerations-automatically-superscript/49345/3 "2020-03-26T16:23:52Z")

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> [@DavidR](#):
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> I run into this need too. I don’t think there’s any way to automate it in Scrivener (though I don’t know what all goodies may be coming in v. 3!). I always find that the keyboard shortcut works. NB it’s a combination: Ctrl+G immediately followed by Ctrl+UpArrow. You can do that, type “th”, then do that combo again (it’s a toggle); or type the “th” and go back and select the text, then use the shortcut. Scrivener uses a lot of these Ctrl+G combos as keyboard shortcuts, for reasons on which I choose not to speculate; I just learn as many as I can.

ooooooh! It’s a combination! That explains why it worked once and never again XD thank you I will cope with that for the time being and really hope for an automatization feature in 3 🙂

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**Author:** ![DavidR](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/davidr/32/78_2.png) [@DavidR](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/DavidR)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-can-i-make-enumerations-automatically-superscript/49345/4 "2020-03-26T18:39:23Z")

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Great, glad that helped!