Superscripts and subscripts

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Superscripts and subscripts

You can also superscript characters (e.g. r2) or subscript characters (e.g. H2O). The commands for this can be found in the dialog box of the ribbon tab Home | group Character.

Proceed as follows:

1.Select the cells or the text segment to be modified.
If you press F2 and select just parts of the cell content, only the selected characters are changed.
2.Click on the group arrowgroup_arrow in the bottom right corner of the ribbon tab Home | group Character.
3.In the dialog box, switch to the Spacing tab.

Enable the Superscript or the Subscript checkbox.

If desired, you can specify the amount of offset above or below the baseline by entering a percentage in the Position edit box. You can also use a percentage in the field Size to determine how much the font size should be reduced. For example, enter 100 percent if you do not want the font to be reduced.