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GREP style to exclude superscripts

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May 7, 2025
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Hi! I'm very new to GREP styles but created one so that all numbers in this paragraph style are bolded.

In many cases, some numbers are superscripted. I do NOT want superscripted numbers to be bold. How can I fix this? Thanks in advance 🙂

Correct answer jmlevy

You could add a negative lookbehind to exclude digits if they are preceded by a lowercase letter:

jmlevy

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You could add a negative lookbehind to exclude digits if they are preceded by a lowercase letter:

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emaste49523827076jaw3Author

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this did it! i knew there was a simple answer I wasn't finding on the internet. thank you so much for the quick response.

jmlevy

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Glad it works for you, but as @Barb Binder wrote, why don't you use footnotes for the superscrpited numbers?

Barb Binder

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And thinking about the alternative, if you are manually adding supercript numbers for some reason beyond footnotes/endnotes, the character style you use to assign the superscript could also change the style to regular without impacting the other digits.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

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Hi @emaste49523827076jaw3:

Is the 5 a footnote number or did you type it yourself?

In my example below, \d+ formats the typed digits but not the note numbers (footnote or endnote).

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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