Unfortunately, these buttons are not directly available in PowerPoint where you need to follow the above steps or use keyboard shortcuts to add superscript (‘ctrl’ – ‘shift’ – ‘+’) or subscript (‘ctrl’ – ‘=’). If you are used to Microsoft Word, you will be familiar with the buttons for formatting text to subscript text or superscript text with just a single click. Author affiliations: When writing scientific papers journals will often ask you to distinguish between author affiliations with superscript numbers or symbol, e.g., Anne Anderson 1, †, Brian Basset 2, ‡Īdding the ‘Superscript’ and ‘Subscript’ buttons to PowerPoint’s toolbar.Dates: Although not necessary, it is customary in British English to superscript the endings of dates, e.g., 1 st of April, 2 nd of May etc.Footnotes: Indicate and keep track of footnotes by adding a superscript number 1 to the end of your text.
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How to add a superscript or subscript symbol to your slide
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You should press both ‘Ctrl’, ‘Shift’ and ‘+’ (the plus sign) at the same time for this to work. Superscript shortcut: ‘Ctrl’ – ‘Shift’ – ‘+’ Just select the text you want to make superscript or subscript and use these shortcuts: Therefore, I often use keyboard shortcuts. The menu for ‘ Superscript‘ and ‘ Subscript‘ in PowerPoint takes a few clicks to access.
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Shortcuts for superscript and subscript in PowerPoint
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As a teacher at the university, I often need to write a chemical or mathematical formula in PowerPoint, but access to the ‘ Superscript‘ and ‘ Subscript‘ functions is a bit tricky.