How to Add Graphics to Word 2019 Documents. In a Word 2013 document in need of subscripts or superscripts, click to move the insertion point after the fist incident in need of a superscript. In this example, the first incident occurs after $90,000 on the third row of the table, and needs a superscript. Especially, if your job with many superscripts and subscripts in Office. I’ll make your job easier by telling you that how can you add the superscript and subscript buttons to the toolbar in Word whether you are doing your work on Window or Mac.
You can raise or lower text in relation to the text next to it by making it superscript or subscript. You can also set a preference to automatically make numerical suffixes (such as st and nd) superscript.
Change the baseline of characters
- Select the text you want to change, then tap .
- Tap in the Font section of the controls.If you don’t see text controls, tap Text or Cell.
- Tap a baseline option.
Make numerical suffixes superscript as you type
You can set Numbers to make numerical suffixes superscript as you type.
- Tap in the toolbar.
- Tap Auto-Correction.
- Turn on Number Suffixes, then tap Done at the top of the screen.
When this setting is on, if you don’t want a suffix to be superscript, you can manually change the baseline for that text (see the task above).
A superscript or subscript is a number, figure, symbol, or indicator that is smaller than the normal line of type and is set slightly above it (superscript) or below it (subscript). When you add a trademark, copyright, or other symbol to your presentation, you might want the symbol to appear slightly above the rest of your text. If you’re creating a footnote, you might also want to do this with a number.
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Keyboard shortcuts: Apply superscript or subscript
To make text appear slightly above (superscript) or below (subscript) your regular text, you can use keyboard shortcuts.
- Select the text or number that you want.
- For superscript, press Ctrl, Shift, and the Plus sign (+) at the same time.For subscript, press Ctrl and the Equal sign (=) at the same time. (Do not press Shift.)
Tip: You can also format text as superscript or subscript by selecting options in the Font dialog box, as described in the next procedure.
Apply superscript or subscript formatting to text
- Select the text that you want to format as superscript or subscript.
- On the Home tab, in the Font group, pick the Dialog Box Launcher.
- On the Font tab, under Effects, select the Superscript or Subscript check box.
Tip: You can make text superscript or subscript without changing the font size. For superscript, enter a higher percentage in the Offset box. For subscript, enter a lower percentage in the Offset box.
Undo superscript or subscript formatting
To undo superscript or subscript formatting, select your text and press Ctrl+Spacebar.
Insert a superscript or subscript symbol
- On the slide, click where you want to add the symbol.
- On the Insert tab, click Symbol.
- In the Symbol box, in the Font drop-down list, select (normal text) if it isn't already selected.
- In the Symbol box, in the Subset drop-down list, select Superscripts and Subscripts.
- In the Symbol box, select the symbol you want, press Insert, and then pick Close.
Keyboard shortcuts: Apply superscript or subscript
To make text appear slightly above (superscript) or below (subscript) your regular text, you can use keyboard shortcuts.
- Select the text or number that you want.
- For superscript, press , Shift, and the Plus sign (+) at the same time.(version 2016) For subscript, press and the Equal sign (=) at the same time. (Do not press Shift.)(version 2011) For subscript, press Shift, and the Minus sign (-) at the same time.
Tip: You can also format text as superscript or subscript by selecting options in the Font dialog box.
Apply superscript or subscript formatting to text
- Select the text that you want to format as superscript or subscript.
- On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Superscript or Subscript .
Undo superscript or subscript formatting
To undo superscript or subscript formatting, select your text and press Ctrl+Spacebar.
Insert a superscript symbol
For certain symbols that are almost always superscript, such as ® and ™, simply insert the symbol and it will automatically be formatted as superscript.
- On the Insert tab, click Symbol.
- Click or scroll to Letterlike Symbols, and click the symbol you want to insert.
Superscript and subscript formatting aren't available in PowerPoint for the web. You'll need a desktop version of PowerPoint to add superscript or subscript.
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