I would beg to differ on that, anybody doing any sort of technical writing
will probably make frequent use of Alt+0178 and Alt+0179, not to mention
Alt+0176.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Type 2, select it, and press Ctrl+Shift+= or Format | Font: Superscript.
There are also font characters for ² and ³, but these are rarely used.

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"NIUMOM" wrote in message
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I am in an Algebra class and need to type my problems in Word. How do I
type
a number as a squared number?