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How to format part text as superscript or subscript within a cell?

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Have you ever tried to format part text as superscript or subscript in a single cell as below screenshot shown? Here I will introduce the tricks to quickly format part text within a cell.

format text as superscript or subscript

Format as superscript/subscript with shortcuts

Format as superscript/subscript with Kutools for Excel

arrow blue right bubble Format as superscript/subscript with shortcut

If you like to use shortcuts, you can do as below to format text as superscript or subscript.

1. Double click at a cell, and then select the text you want to format as superscript or subscript.

select the text to format

2. Then press Ctrl + Shift + F to open the Format Cells dialog, then press Alt + E to format as superscript or Alt + B to format as subscript, or you can check Superscript or Subscript option in Effects section as you need in the popping dialog. See screenshot:

check Superscript or Subscript option in Effects section

3. Click OK. Now the select part text has been formatted as superscript or subscript.

the select part text has been formatted as superscript or subscript

Tip: You also can select the part text and click the anchor in Font group under Home tab to open Format Cells dialog.

click the anchor in Font group open Format Cells dialog

arrow blue right bubble Format as superscript/subscript with Kutools for Excel

With above method, you only can format one continuous part text in a single cell at once time, but if you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can format any part texts within a cell at once time with the Superscript / Subscript utility.

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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

1. Select the cell you want to format its part text, and click Kutools > Format > Superscript / Subscript. See screenshot:

click Superscript / Subscript feature of kutools

2. Then in the popping dialog, select one character you want to format as superscript or subscript under Click to select the character you want to format section, and then check the Superscript option or Subscript option as you need. For formatting other characters, please repeat this step.

superscript or subscript the characters in the dialog box

Tips:

(1) You can click these arrows left and right arrows to go left or right of the text string.

(2) Check In-cell preview, you can preview the text’s change in the selected cell directly.

3. Then click Ok.

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