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Jon,

A strange problem I had yesterday while finalizing a manuscript. Written in Word, scanned using toolbar, no problems with the rest of the document except one part that has a duplicate reference in the main body text.

The "raw" text in Word is:

This could unto itself lead to better clinical performance (the Hawthorne effect).{Holden, 2001, J Eval Clin Pract, 7, 65-70} However, ...

And is translated into (where '10' is in superscript):

This could unto itself lead to better clinical performance (the Hawthorne effect10).10 However, ...

Could this have to do with the bracket?

Thanks for any assistance!

Hm, that's unusual. If you put a space after the period and before the open bracket does the first 10 go away? If so, when you delete the period does it come back?

Jon
Sonny Software

Unfortunately not. I tried every permutation of deleting the period, bracket, and even scanning using a different journal to see if that was the issue, but it still is the same!

Would it be useful for me to send you my word file? Thanks Jon.

Hi,

Yes. Please create the smallest example you can, and the smallest corresponding database (zip both). Tell me what format you are using, too (if it's one you have modified, please send that as well).

Thanks,

Jon
Sonny Software

Well, I've solved the problem. There was some sort of hidden text, because when I deleted the entire reference (including the brace brackets) and scanned it, the reference *still* showed up! Therefore I turned on "show all markings" in Word, which I suspected would show me some hidden text, but it did not! So, although I've fixed it (by deleting the whole sentence and then re-typing it), I'm not sure what was there that I couldn't see, even though something clearly was...

I've found that Word files can be mysterious. I should have suggested deleting/re-entering before...

Jon
Sonny Software