Double-click on the number you wish to use as a subscript or superscript, and it will be inserted at the cursor in the current document.
What you’ll see are a number of characters that can be used as subscripts or superscripts. When the Character Viewer appears and you want to type a superscript or subscript number (this does not work for letters), type “superscript” or “subscript” into the search field. Not familiar with that utility? It’s available as “Show emoji and symbols” in the menu bar if you enable “Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar” in System Preferences > Keyboard, or you can take a shortcut and just type Command (⌘) + Control + Space Bar. The last method of typing superscripts and subscripts uses the macOS Character Viewer. Need to edit an existing equation? Double-tap it to open the Equation Editor, then change the LaTeX or MathML to fit your needs. To add an equation to a document, just tap + at the top right of a document and select Equation. The best part of Equation Editor? It’s available in the iOS versions of Pages, Keynote, and Numbers as well. The Font dialog box is opened by: C licking on the arrow at the bottom right corner of the Font group. You may prefer to use this method if you want to make other formatting changes to the text as well, such as changing the font style, size or color. For simple equations, just typing in something like x^2 + y^2 = z^2 (where the caret ( ^ ) symbol denotes taking a variable or constant to a power) produces a nicely formatted equation:Įquation Editor can handle integrals, matrices, and complex equations. Subscript and superscript can also be added via the Font dialog box. Need to get even more fancy with mathematical equations? Pages has a built-in Equation Editor that is invoked by selecting Insert > Equation.
Pretty easy, and the formatted formula can be copied and pasted into most other rich text or HTML editors, including Apple Mail. To apply superscript or subscript to a letter or number, highlight it in a Pages document, then select Format > Font > Baseline > Superscript or Subscript. The method of applying superscripts and subscripts is similar to what we just did in TextEdit, but fortunately for us, Pages also resizes the superscripted or subscripted letter or number.
#How to use subscript and superscript in word free#
There’s a handy app for typing mathematical equations or chemical formulae that is free to every Mac, iPhone and iPad owner - Pages. You may have to play with the font size to get things looking “right” in this example, the letters were in 72 point text for legibility and the subscripts were 55 point.įor superscripts, you use the same method, but select Format > Font > Baseline > Superscript instead of subscript. The formula after changing the font size on the numbers
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