There used to be a feature which automatically adjusted ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc) so that the two letters following the number became superscripts. Since updating my OS to El Capitan this no longer happens and I cannot find any way of turning this option 'on'. I can't even do it manually using the automatic text substitution. Can someone advise me how to find and reactivate this useful feature?
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
That was one of the first things I tried. There is nothing there beyond 'smart quotes and dashes' (and incidentally the smart dashes feature doesn't seem to do anything; I expected it to change the usual text dash to the longer 'en-dash' as it used to under Mountain Lion, but no it doesn't; but that's another issue.)
If you are meaning that I should use the replace/with section, I've tried that but it only replaces text it doesn't change normal text to superscript.
I am using OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 and Pages version 5.6.2 (2573)
I tried using text substitution (changing 1st-normal to 1st-with-superscript) but couldn't work out how to include formatting in the replacement text. Copying and pasting an example of 1st-with-superscript didn't work.
If I knew how to do the text substitution properly and could get away with ten substitutions (1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 0th) that would be sufficient for me. (Assuming the text substitution would pick up e.g. '23rd' or '573rd' as including '3rd')
Text Substitution is how it is done. Is Text Replacement turned on for the app you are using?
That may have been application specific. Although you can format them manually.
I'm guessing you don't want to create a text substitution for every possible ordinal number.
You do not say which software you are using.
I think it is going to be application specific. MS Word does it by default.
I'm guessing you're correct. I don't have Word do I have to guess. 😎
You can add them in System Preferences/Keyboard/Text.
FWIW, I'm right there with you that you can't use text substitutions for subscripts/superscripts.
How to change 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc to superscript
