On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 07:52:03 -0800, OK and UK <OK and
How do I type one line in Superscript above an existing line of text in a
document?
I need to type the ASL (American Sign Language) version above the regular
text.
Thank you for your help.
Word doesn't do what you have in mind. You're going to have to fake
it.
I think the best way would be this:
- First type the complete text without sign language. Let Word wrap
the lines as it normally does. Apply a user-defined style to the text;
it can have whatever formatting you want, or it can have the same
formatting as Normal style. I'd suggest adding at least a setting of 3
pt Space After to the paragraph formatting.
- When the text is complete and has been proofread and edited to its
final form, save a copy as a backup.
- Create a new paragraph style. Set its font formatting to the ASL
font and set its size as necessary. Also modify the body text style
you used before, specifying the ASL style as the "style for following
paragraph". (You don't want this setting to take effect until you've
finished editing the main text.)
- Type a paragraph mark at the end of every line of regular text, so
the document becomes a series of one-line paragraphs. Then type
another paragraph mark at the end of each line, and the resulting
empty paragraphs will automatically be in the ASL style.
- Type the ASL text corresponding to the line below it. When you
complete a line, move down two paragraphs (to the next ASL line) and
continue typing.
You'd best be sure before starting that all the AutoFormat options in
the AutoFormat As You Type dialog are turned off (see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm).
