You can also use the Symbols, which are located in the Insert section from the top menu. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Alt 0178, which works in all versions of MS Word, other text editing programs, and in most Windows applications. Press the shortcut once to activate the superscript, type the character you want and press the shortcut again to deactivate.ģ. X² is called superscript, the keyboard shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + = (Press and hold Ctrl, at the same time press and hold Shift, while holding Ctrl and Shift, press the equal = sign. Press the shortcut once to activate the subscript, type the character you want and press the shortcut again to deactivate.
From the top menu select Home, in the section for the font options there are two buttons: x₂ is called subscript, the keyboard shortcut to activate is Ctrl + = (Press and hold Ctrl and press the equal = sign, at the same time). Then click the Insert button in the dialog box.Ģ. In the 'Symbol' dialog box, select the 'Symbols' tab, font '(normal text)', subset 'Latin-1 Supplement' and locate the 'Superscript Two' character. In Word, click insert and then click on the 'Symbol' icon in the ribbon.
Use Either of the Following to Write Square in Wordġ.
