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Subscript of a superscript?
Not even sure how to explain this properly...I have a string of text that's
in superscript, but I want some of it to be subscript to the superscript (if that makes any sense at all). So basically, I have fullsize text, then a superscript that's above and smaller, then I want some of that superscript to be the same size, but slightly lower than the rest of the superscript. Not sure if anyone can figure out what I'm talking about here, but if anyone knows how to do this I'd appreciate it! Thanks, Jen |
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Subscript of a superscript?
It makes sense mathematically, but it's a little tedious to do in Word.
The easiest way is probably to use the Equation Editor (Insert Object Microsoft Equation Editor). There's a toolbar of "templates" for various kinds of math layouts, and one of them is a superscript template -- a larger box with a smaller box to the upper right. After you insert that, with the cursor in the small box, insert the subscript template; you 'll get a smaller box inside the small box. Without the Equation Editor, you can do something similar with font formatting. As an example, say you want the expression "x to the power of a-sub-1 times b-sub-2". Type the x and then press Ctrl+Shift+= to turn on superscript format. Type a1b2. Select the 1, go to Format Font Character Position. Change the Position setting to "lowered by 2 pt". (Note: you don't have to change the first box from "normal" to "lowered", just click the down arrow next to the "by" box twice.) Click OK. Select the 2 and press F4 to repeat the formatting. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Jen wrote: Not even sure how to explain this properly...I have a string of text that's in superscript, but I want some of it to be subscript to the superscript (if that makes any sense at all). So basically, I have fullsize text, then a superscript that's above and smaller, then I want some of that superscript to be the same size, but slightly lower than the rest of the superscript. Not sure if anyone can figure out what I'm talking about here, but if anyone knows how to do this I'd appreciate it! Thanks, Jen |
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Subscript of a superscript?
Jen,
Select the characters you want to lower and then FormatFontCharacter SpacingPositionLowered and fill in the by amount field. On Apr 23, 2:30 pm, Jen wrote: Not even sure how to explain this properly...I have a string of text that's in superscript, but I want some of it to be subscript to the superscript (if that makes any sense at all). So basically, I have fullsize text, then a superscript that's above and smaller, then I want some of that superscript to be the same size, but slightly lower than the rest of the superscript. Not sure if anyone can figure out what I'm talking about here, but if anyone knows how to do this I'd appreciate it! Thanks, Jen |
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Subscript of a superscript?
Thanks to Greg and Jay for your responses.
I'd rather not go the equation route - I do use the equation editor routinely, but in this case I want the formula to be part of the text. Changing the character position seems to work OK. However, it also moves the subsequent lines of text down. I tried compensating by moving the next line of text up a bit, but it didn't work at all. Is there any way to avoid this? Now it looks like my paragraph is broken up (it's subtle, but there's a small extra gap between the lines). Jen "Greg Maxey" wrote: Jen, Select the characters you want to lower and then FormatFontCharacter SpacingPositionLowered and fill in the by amount field. On Apr 23, 2:30 pm, Jen wrote: Not even sure how to explain this properly...I have a string of text that's in superscript, but I want some of it to be subscript to the superscript (if that makes any sense at all). So basically, I have fullsize text, then a superscript that's above and smaller, then I want some of that superscript to be the same size, but slightly lower than the rest of the superscript. Not sure if anyone can figure out what I'm talking about here, but if anyone knows how to do this I'd appreciate it! Thanks, Jen |
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Subscript of a superscript?
For the line spacing you might try going to Tools/Options and on the
Compatibility tab, select "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters". Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jen" wrote in message ... Changing the character position seems to work OK. However, it also moves the subsequent lines of text down. I tried compensating by moving the next line of text up a bit, but it didn't work at all. Is there any way to avoid this? Now it looks like my paragraph is broken up (it's subtle, but there's a small extra gap between the lines). |
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Subscript of a superscript?
Beth - thanks so much! That worked like a charm. (Now, how on earth did
Microsoft think we would find that there? It seems like such a weird location.) Thanks again for all the help. Jen "Beth Melton" wrote: For the line spacing you might try going to Tools/Options and on the Compatibility tab, select "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters". Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jen" wrote in message ... Changing the character position seems to work OK. However, it also moves the subsequent lines of text down. I tried compensating by moving the next line of text up a bit, but it didn't work at all. Is there any way to avoid this? Now it looks like my paragraph is broken up (it's subtle, but there's a small extra gap between the lines). |
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Subscript of a superscript?
Note, however, that an Equation Editor object can be formatted as In Line
With Text and placed in your running text. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jen" wrote in message ... Beth - thanks so much! That worked like a charm. (Now, how on earth did Microsoft think we would find that there? It seems like such a weird location.) Thanks again for all the help. Jen "Beth Melton" wrote: For the line spacing you might try going to Tools/Options and on the Compatibility tab, select "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters". Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jen" wrote in message ... Changing the character position seems to work OK. However, it also moves the subsequent lines of text down. I tried compensating by moving the next line of text up a bit, but it didn't work at all. Is there any way to avoid this? Now it looks like my paragraph is broken up (it's subtle, but there's a small extra gap between the lines). |
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Subscript of a superscript?
Glad to hear that fixed it for you. :-)
The Compatibility Options are for behaviors that changed between the versions of Word and for some foreign language versions. For example the Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters" was the default behavior for Word 2 and it was changed since then. Why, I don't know, but I do know that some of them can still be useful for specific situations. :-) Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jen" wrote in message ... Beth - thanks so much! That worked like a charm. (Now, how on earth did Microsoft think we would find that there? It seems like such a weird location.) Thanks again for all the help. Jen "Beth Melton" wrote: For the line spacing you might try going to Tools/Options and on the Compatibility tab, select "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters". Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jen" wrote in message ... Changing the character position seems to work OK. However, it also moves the subsequent lines of text down. I tried compensating by moving the next line of text up a bit, but it didn't work at all. Is there any way to avoid this? Now it looks like my paragraph is broken up (it's subtle, but there's a small extra gap between the lines). |
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