Formatting text in Common Properties > Title & Copyright

[Ed Hawco]

Hello. Is there a way to format text that is entered into the Common Properties > Title & Copyright field? Specifically, I'd like to apply superscript to a ® symbol, but it would be nice to be able to do other basic formatting too, such as Italics, bold, coloring text, etc. HTML tags come through verbatim, so I know that doesn't work. Is there some kind of markup that does work?

[Tim Green]

Hi Ed,

Sorry, that's not possible because variables are by definition plain text only. You can format the variable that you insert in the body of a topic, but then all the text and set it by the variable will be formatted in the way that the variable is formatted. You can’t apply different formatting to an individual part of the text inserted by a variable. Any formatting always applies to the entire text. Also, even this is only possible in the body of a topic. Variables inserted in the TOC or text fields in your configuration settings are always plain text only.

[Simon Dismore]

Specifically, I'd like to apply superscript to a ® symbol

Perhaps you could change your typeface? Some common fonts already position the ® symbol much higher than Arial does.

how some common fonts display a registration symbol.PNG

FYI there was some discussion about this in Superscripts in variables last year, too.