Missing checkbox for “superscript ordinals” Under the "Corrections" tab in Scrivener preferences

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Hi!

I write on MacOS 12.7.6, using Scrivener 3.5.2, and typing in Palatino, and use a Norwegian keyboard layout.

I have for a while been having an issue with ordinals not rendering in superscript, and when I manually format them to superscript, they don’t follow the Palatino superscript standard with adjusted size and placement, but they are only lifted, offsetting the line spacing.

Today I was made aware of a checkbox in Preferences>Corrections, under the Auto-corrections label that is for “superscript ordinals”. This box is not showing up in my Corrections window, but there is a double empty line spacing where the box and accompanying text should have been.

(As this is my first post I was not allowed to post a screenshot here)

I have tried changing to the US keyboard layout and reopening Scrivener, but the checkbox was still missing.

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

-Henrik

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According to the Scrivener manual (B.6.1 Auto-Correction, p.825), “This setting is only available in English (1st, 2nd, etc.) and French (1er, 2e, etc.).”

Change the Scrivener language (Scrivener → Settings… → General → Language → Interface language) to English or French and the setting will show up. At least for English it does for sure.

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This is a limitation of the Mac OS text system that Scrivener uses. They should be rendered correctly in your Compiled output document, though.

(This applies to all forms of super/subscripts, not just ordinals.)

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Thanks a lot! This solved it. I’ve been searching for this fix for way too long, I should have come here earlier haha! Thanks again!

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I see, thank you. I changed the Scrivener language to English now, which solved it for me, and also made the superscript turn out properly in the project as well.