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Sub/superscripts get lost in cross-referenced text
When creating cross-references to bookmarked text containing superscripts or subscripts, the super/subscripts revert to regular text. For example, X to the Y power becomes XY. Is there a workaround? ...
If the cross-reference is inserted via the Cross-reference dialog, Word will not add the \* MERGEFORMAT switch.
If it is inserted via the Insert Fields dialog, the \* MERGEFORMAT switch will be added if the box for "Preserve formatting during updates" is checked.
One would think that it would be the formatting of the referenced item that would be preserved, but for some perverse reason, that is not the case.
The ways of MS are mysterious, but they keep us on our toes.