# How to superscript the ambiguous citation?

**URL:** <https://community.endnote.com/t/how-to-superscript-the-ambiguous-citation/331437>\
**Category:** EndNote Styles, Filters, and Connections\
**Created:** [October 10, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/how-to-superscript-the-ambiguous-citation/331437 "2015-10-10T10:05:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![parut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@parut](https://community.endnote.com/u/parut)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/how-to-superscript-the-ambiguous-citation/331437/1 "2015-10-10T10:05:20Z")

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I am having some troubles editing the output style.

I want to superscript a letter after the year to make citations from the same author published in the same year distinguishable from each other.&nbsp;

There’s no superscript option, so i could’t make it supercript.

what should i do?&nbsp;

Thanks

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**Author:** ![crazygecko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@crazygecko](https://community.endnote.com/u/crazygecko)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.endnote.com/t/how-to-superscript-the-ambiguous-citation/331437/2 "2015-10-10T20:38:28Z")

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The superscripting citation style is generally applied to “numbered” output styles, not “lettered” ones. Since there’s already a current lettering convention to distinguish works by the same author (which is standard, accepted practice and provided by the Endnote output style) superscripting the letters is unconventional and incorrect style-wise - which may explain why Endnote does not have a built-in user controlled feature to permit the formatting. However, if you wish to pursue this track you can superscript the letters in MS Word by manually selecting then italicizing the letter(s)\*.

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\*Note:&nbsp; To prevent the formatting from&nbsp; reverting back to the original&nbsp; non-superscripted style&nbsp; (which may occur&nbsp; when updating&nbsp; the citations) you can either: 1)&nbsp; make the formatting changes on a copy of the&nbsp; document, which was converted&nbsp; to text&nbsp; (to&nbsp; remove the Endnote&nbsp; field codes.); or 2) make the formatting changes&nbsp; the last&nbsp; task&nbsp; when finalizing the&nbsp; document&nbsp; and turn off instant formatting&nbsp; before doing so.