I'm going do Control, Command, and Space to bring up the Character Selector. So I'll type 7 but I'm going to get a special character the same way I would get any special character or emoji. There are special characters for numbers that are superscript and subscript. One way to do it is to use Special Characters. So you have lots of different options, lots of different steps. Sometimes you want to get it just so the number kind of lines up with the top there. Then you may want to adjust and play with the font size a little bit. So whether or not it's subscript or superscript bolding it kind of makes it look a little bit better. Now typically when you see in nicely typed set things superscript or subscript done this way it's also Bolded. If I wanted to make that subscript instead then instead of going to Font, Baseline, and Superscript I would do Subscript and put it down below. So maybe something about 75% looks pretty good there. If I change it too much, like you'd think maybe going half would be just fine, then it doesn't look good. So I'm going to want to select this and change the size. Usually Superscript and Subscript are smaller. But I'm not done yet because all it does is raise the 2 up over the baseline.īut it doesn't look really good because the two is still the same size as the seven. If I go to Format, Font I can go to Baseline and there is the selection for Superscript and Subscript. Now I am using Rich Text formatting here in TextEdit.
The two is supposed to be the superscript. Say I want to say something like seven squared. Here I am in TextEdit and I'm going to show you one of the most basic ways but it also takes a lot of steps and can be a little frustrating. So this is superscript and this is subscript. It's often used for equations and for other reasons. So you're going to say seven squared you'd have the 2 there raised up. What are these? Well, if you don't know Superscript is when text is above the baseline. Video Transcript: So let's look at different ways that you could make text Superscript or Subscript.
The keyboard shortcut for superscript (e.g.Check out 4 Ways To Type Superscript and Subscript On a Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. The keyboard shortcut for subscript (e.g. Before typing the sub/superscript text, type the appropriate keyboard shortcut, type the text that you want changed, and then type the shortcut again when you want to return to normal text. You may prefer to use keyboard shortcuts if you want to make the change on the fly while typing.
Then s imply tick the subscript or superscript box, make any other changes you want to the font, and click OK.
Typing the keyboard shortcut Control + D.C licking on the arrow at the bottom right corner of the Font group.You may prefer to use this method if you want to make other formatting changes to the text as well, such as changing the font style, size or color. Subscript and superscript can also be added via the Font dialog box. Simply highlight the text that you want to turn into subscript or superscript, and click the appropriate button. There are subscript and superscript buttons on the ribbon under Home | Font. Or the harder way is to select just the ‘ th ’, ‘ nd ’, ‘ st ’ or ‘ rd ’ and uncheck the superscript button on the ribbon. If it’s a long time later and Undo isn’t available, select the number and text then press Ctrl + Space. The AutoFormatting is a separate ‘do’ in Word that is revers able, as y ou can see from the Undo list. If you don’t want the super script in individual cases, press Ctrl + Z (Undo). This little bit of Word magic happens with an AutoFormat setting at File | Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect options | AutoFormat.
Type a date or ordinal value like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 55th etc and Word will change the following letters (‘st’ ‘nd’, ‘rd’ or ‘th’) to superscript automatically. You’ve probably already seen this in Word. There are four ways to implement this in Word: H 2O), but can also be used for something as simple as a date or other ordinal number (e.g. This kind of text is commonly used in mathematics (e.g. You can add text that appears smaller and slightly below (subscript) or above (superscript) your main text quite easily in Word.