To make text appear slightly above (superscript) or below (subscript) your regular text, you can use keyboard shortcuts.
- Select the character that you want to format.
- For superscript, press Ctrl, Shift, and the Plus sign (+) at the same time. For subscript, press Ctrl and the Minus sign (-) at the same time.
How do you write sub in math?
Use "_" (underscore) for subscripts. If the subscript has more than one character, enclose it in braces: "lim_{x --> 0} sin (x) / x". (This is what mathematicians are used to.)
How do you type a number under a number?
It's located near all the font options.
- Or you can use the keyboard shortcut: press Ctrl and Shift, then hit +.
- A subscript is a character, symbol or number set slightly below the normal line of text. ...
- If you need a subscript in you Word document, here's how to do it.
- Click where you'd like the subscript to appear.
