Whether you want to write ordinal numbers or complex mathematical formulas, knowing how to combine superscript or subscript text in Google Docs can be helpful. Thankfully, your favorite word processor lets you do that on both PCs and mobile devices.
While there’s no direct option for superscript or subscript text in the Google Docs toolbar, it’s not that difficult. In this tutorial we will cover superscript and subscript text, how to use them, and how to add/remove them in Google Docs.
What is the superscript and the subscript?
Superscripts are numbers or letters formatted to be slightly above the regular line of text. This type of text represents ordinal numbers, mathematical functions, or footnotes or footnotes in the document.
Subscripts are numbers or letters formatted to lie slightly below the regular line of text. Although the use of the subscripts below is quite rare, such text can be used to denote chemical compounds, mathematical formulas, etc., in a document.
Now that we know what superscript and subscript text are, let’s see how to add, remove, and format them in Google Docs.
How to format Superscript or Subscript in Google Docs
You can format text as superscript or subscript on both PC and mobile with just a few clicks.
On PC
There are several ways to format text as superscript or subscript in Google Docs. The first one involves using the Format menu and the second or simpler one involves using keyboard shortcuts.
1. Using the Format Menu
To format text as superscript or subscript, open your Google Docs and highlight the text or numbers you want to format.
Now click on the Format menu at the top, navigate to Text and select the Superscript or Subscript option from the list.
And Voila! Now, your text is slightly above or below the regular text. Easy, right?
2. Use keyboard shortcuts
If your document requires you to format superscript and subscript frequently, you should be familiar with keyboard shortcuts to do the same.
To quickly format highlighted text as superscript, use Ctrl + . (Ctrl and dot key). For subscript, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + , (Ctrl and comma key).
On mobile
Like the web version, the Google Docs mobile app also allows you to format text as superscript or subscript. But since there’s no keyboard shortcut, you’ll have to rely on the Format menu to do the same thing. This is the way.
Step 1: Open the document in the Google Docs app on your phone.
Step 2: Tap the Pencil icon at the bottom right to switch to edit mode.
Step 3: Highlight the words or text you want to format as superscript or subscript and click the format icon from the toolbar at the top.
Step 4: From the Format menu, select the superscript and subscript icons to format the text.
How to Insert Superscript or Subscript in Google Docs
If you are looking to add symbols that are not available on your keyboard (copyright, registered symbols, etc.), you can use the Special characters option in Google Docs to add them as just upper and lower numbers. Read on to find out how.
Step 1: Place the cursor where you want to add superscript or subscript.
Step 2: Go to the Insert menu at the top and select Special Characters. Alternatively, you can also use the Alt + I + C key combination to quickly open the Special characters menu.
Step 3: In the Special characters menu box, use the drop-down menu on the right to select Superscript or Subscript from the list. Or else, type in upper index or subscript in the search box to quickly bring up options to choose from.
Conveniently, you can also draw an icon in the box to quickly display the most recent matches.
Step 4: Find and click on the relevant icon to insert into the document.
If the preferred symbol is not in the superscript or subscript list, you can add a special character as usual and then format it using the format menu.
How to remove Superscript and Subscript in Google Docs
While you can use the backspace key to remove superscript or subscript text in Google Docs, you can also convert superscript and subscript text to plain text by doing Follow the steps mentioned below.
Highlight superscript or subscript text and, using it, go to Format > Text > Superscript/Subscript. Similarly, you can also use the relevant keyboard shortcuts to undo superscript and subscript formatting.
Call in Super Sub
Adding superscript or subscript can be important when writing mathematical formulas or chemical compounds. After all, you want to present your document in the best possible way. Sure, Google Docs doesn’t let you down in that regard by giving you superscript/subscript options, strikethrough, etc on both PC and mobile apps.
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