You can turn off superscript and subscript in Microsoft Word's autocorrect.
There's another option if you don't want the autocorrect version to appear -- e.g., you want to keep (c) instead of having ©. All you have to do after the program "autocorrects" your typing is hit control+z and it changes back to your original entry. The hit space or your next letter and continue typing (or your data entry).
Not only was Rather's forger inept, he was lazy, too. ;)
You can stop word from doing the superscript. Just leave a space before the "th". Then click before the "th" and delete the space. You do end up with "147th" with no superscript. You don't even have to turn anything off. Whoever typed this fraud was not very bright for many reasons.