weraeagle.blogg.se - november 2023

How to short cut to a subscript on mac keyboard

The trick to adjust baselining works the same in both Pages app and TextEdit app of OS X. This graphic from Wikipedia helps to clarify the differences between the two, subscript on top and superscript on the bottom, from the ‘baseline’, which is the default placement of typed text: You can also use the “Raise” or “Lower” options within the Baseline Font submenu to create more exaggerated superscript or subscript, which can be beneficial for certain fonts where the baseline change is less obvious.

Type the desired text to be subscripted or superscripted, then go back to the same menu and choose “Use Default” to return to normal baseline text.

Select the “Baseline” submenu and choose either “Superscript” or “Subscript”.

Pull down the “Format” menu and go to “Font”.

So be in either of those apps and start typing as usual, then when you hit the point where you want to insert superscript or subscript text just do the following: This works in both Pages app and TextEdit app of OS X.

Typing Subscript & Superscript Text in Mac OS X