Copying superscript text from Word/Powerpoint to Illustrator

[nrober]

I am trying to find a solution to copying text over with in-text citations in the form of superscript from Word and PowerPoint into Illustrator and InDesign.

I found an example of x³ in another thread that I can copy from Office to Adobe just fine, but when I manually type it (ctrl+shift+ +), it does not copy over and it looks slightly different. So I'm wondering what x³ is and how or if I can use that format to write the citations to begin with. 

The attached screenshot from PowerPoint shows both versions - the left one is x³ and can be copy/pasted, the right is manually entered and cannot (pastes as x3).

Thank you!

[Anubhav M]

Hello @nrober,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind creating a text box and then pasting it from PowerPoint to see if it helps?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[nrober]

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but I selected the entire text box in PowerPoint and pasted it into Illustrator (vs selecting the text only) and it looks fine, but here are how the layers were generated:

[Anubhav M]

Hello @nrober,

Thanks for sharing the screenshot. Would you mind also sharing a sample PowerPoint file and a screen recording of your exact workflow (if possible) so I can try and replicate this on my end?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[nrober]

Attached powerpoint and mp4 of example workflow. Thanks!

[Anubhav M]

Hello @nrober,

Thanks for sharing the file and the screen recording. Kindly allow me some time to check this with the team.

Anubhav