Re: [libreoffice-users] Replace normal font with superscript of only a portion of a term

At 19:39 29/07/2015 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> On 2015/07/29 16:09, Brian Barker wrote:
> > Search for "TM" and replace with "TM" (no quotes). Put the cursor 
> > in the "Replace with" field and click Format... . Under Position, 
> > select Superscript. You might not want to Replace All, or you will 
> > change things such as "uTMost"!
>
> If I understand you correctly: there IS no way of replacing a string 
> of characters with mixed formatting (like normal + superscript).

No, you clearly don't understand me correctly: I had just explained 
(above) how you do this!

You want to find occurrences of non-superscripted "TM" - even within 
a word, so to speak - and to superscript just the TM but leave the 
rest of word as it is? Just do what I suggested:
o For "Search for", enter "TM" (no quotes).
o For "Replace with", enter "TM" (no quotes).
o Put the cursor in the "Replace with" field and click Format... .
o On the Position tab, under Position select Superscript.
o Click Find and Replace as necessary to change the text.
I suggested that you might *not* want to use Replace All in this 
context, or you will superscript the letters "TM" where they happen 
to occur naturally in the text - such as in the word "UTMOST", which 
would get its buried "TM" inappropriately superscripted.

> > Incidentally, you very probably shouldn't be using two 
> > superscripted capital letters for this, but instead the single 
> > Unicode character "TRADE MARK SIGN" (U+2122), which you should find 
> > in all normal fonts. Find this at Insert | Special Character...; no 
> > need for superscripting.
>
> I imagine that. However, xxxTM is the way the customer itself 
> specifies its product - as a registered trademark. Would it be 
> permissible (for me) to change that?

Perhaps you haven't looked at the trademark symbol. Its appearance is 
of the superscripted letters "TM", but it is a single character and 
is naturally raised without having to be given Superscript format. In 
a temperature, would you use a superscripted letter "o" or a proper 
degree symbol? If your client doesn't know the right way to do the 
trademark symbol, are you allowed to get it right?

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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