Insert a subscript or superscript symbol or apply superscript or subscript formatting to text in PowerPoint in Windows and Mac.Also try keyboard shortcuts for the same.
Before you add a trademark symbol to any word, slogan, phrase or logo using a superscript, you must understand proper trademark use as improper use can lead to legal liability. Before you begin, determine if your trademark has been registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, and determine if your registration has received an official determination from the USPTO.
- The settings in some versions of the Mac operating system (OS) and some utility applications might conflict with keyboard shortcuts and function key operations in Office for Mac. For information about changing the key assignment of a keyboard shortcut, see Mac Help for your version of the Mac OS or see your utility application.
- To open a list of keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs, press Ctrl + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or ⌘ + / (Mac). To search the menus, press Alt + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or Option + / (Mac). You can also use menu access keys. Open any application menu using the keyboard, then type the underlined letter for the item you'd like to select.
- Handy Keyboard Shortcuts for Typing Superscript or Subscript in Windows Occasionally you may find yourself wanting to type superscript (see the adjacent graphic) or subscript (10 2 ). You can do this through the Font dialog box, but there is a much faster way.
The TM and SM Superscripts
The TM and SM superscripts can be used with any mark regardless of whether your mark is registered with the USPTO. TM stands for trademark and SM stands for servicemark. Although the terms are used interchangeably, many parties opt to use the TM superscript even when technically designating a servicemark. The TM and SM superscripts must be used if your trademark is registered with a state trademark agency or not registered at all, as use of the ® symbol is restricted.
The ® Symbol
Unlike the SM and TM symbols, the ® symbol is reserved only for marks that have been registered with the USPTO. Additionally, the ® symbol may not be used while your trademark application is pending with the USPTO, but only after you have been granted a successful certificate of registration. Finally, after being granted registration you may only use the ® symbol with regard to the products and services you've identified on your trademark application.
Creating Superscripts in Windows
The ® symbol may be used simply by copying and pasting it from your computer's web browser. In order to create the ® symbol in superscript on a Windows computer, you must turn on number-lock, hold down the ALT button and type the code 0174 on the number pad to the right of the standard keyboard keys. To create the TM superscript follow the exact same process but type the code 0153.
Creating Superscripts on a Mac
In order to make the ® symbol superscript on a Mac, use the Option Key + R. For the TM superscript, use the Option Key + 0153. Alternatively, you may also copy and paste the appropriate text from a third party or use the Mac keyboard application viewer to select the appropriate characters.
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We have all come across subscripts and superscripts in our academics or professional life, anyone who is a practitioner of scientific or mathematical disciplines is well aware of them. However, most students do not realize that they have been working with both subscripts and superscripts throughout their classes as they are not the definition or simply what it is. The superscripts and subscripts are a way to format your text that decreases the size and you can make it appear slightly higher or lower than the average text.
You might have encountered this type of formatting in various mathematical or physics formulae when writing chemical compounds and expressions or simply the trademark icon on the top of a company’s name. So let us get into more detail on what is the difference between the subscripts and the superscripts. Before we move on, you need to know about something that is known as the baseline. What is a baseline exactly? It is the horizontal alignment that encompasses your normal text. Notice how the text written in this article is in a straight line and is not moving up or down.
A Subscript is a text that you have formatted to be below the baseline. It could be either a small letter or number and is written after a particular letter or word denoting a formula or it could be a number. It “hangs” below the letter or number which is known as its base. A most common example of the subscript is writing chemical formulae, such as, the chemical formula for the compound glucose is C6H12O6 which means that it is a combination of atoms, a molecule and contains 6 carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms, and 6 oxygen atoms at once.
A Superscript, on the other hand, is the opposite. Instead of being below the baseline, a superscript is a small letter or number above a particular word or number. A common use of Superscripts is the standard abbreviations for service mark ℠ or trademark ™. The signs for copyright © and registered trademark ® are also sometimes superscripted but it depends on the company’s taste or policy of how they want their logo.
Typing Subscript & Superscript Text in Mac OS X
Now that you are familiar with what subscripts and superscripts are, you know how we write them when we are using the pen and paper but how do you propose they transition on to a computer or specifically a Mac? Sure you could try decreasing the size of the font but that is not the same thing as moving the text below the baseline and even so, how will you move the text above the baseline to make it a superscript?
Well, no need to worry as we have got you covered in this regard. Formatting your text into a subscript or superscript is fairly simple; it is only a matter of shifting the text around the baseline. In the case of Mac OS X, you have two text editing software available, you can use either Pages or TextEdit, both of these applications will use the same principle of shifting the text higher or lower to the baseline if we are to apply it properly.
1. First, type your text as you normally would but when you encounter a point where you need to insert a typescript or superscript, pause. It is not preferable to continue writing as making the previously written text later into a subscript or superscript can cause a lot of formatting problems.
2. When you are at that point, go to the Format menu and select Font from the options that are dropped down.
Shortcut Key For Superscript In Word Mac
3. Next, proceed to the Baseline submenu and select either Superscript if you want to move your text above the baseline or Subscript if you want to move the text below the baseline.
4. After you are done with the selection, the text you enter next will be either in a subscript or superscript format.
Shortcut For Superscript In Excel Mac
5. If you want to return to the normal text that follows the baseline, go back to the same Baseline menu and click on Use Default. You will now write in the normal way.
If you want to increase the size of your subscript or superscript, then you can also make use of the Raise and Lower options present in the Baseline submenu to create more apparent superscripts or subscripts. You can even edit the font of these formats that will synergize with the base font of the text.
Use Keyboard Shortcuts for Superscript & Subscript in Pages App
There is a quicker way of implementing the subscript or superscript format on Mac OS and that is to use keyboard shortcuts or keystrokes. The only downside is that it is only present in the Pages app; this feature is not available in TextEdit. You can add your own keystrokes to TextEdit or any other text editing application for that matter but you have to make sure that it does not coincide with any other keystrokes. You can set up the manual keystrokes by going to the System Preferences, then Keyboards and lastly Keyboard Shortcuts.
In the Pages application, the shortcut for going into the Superscript mode is the combination of the Command, Control and = key. Given as Command+Control+=
The shortcut for going into the Subscript mode is the combination of the Command, Control and – key. Given as Command+Control+-
Once you press these keys at the same time you will be shifted to either a superscript or subscript mode and any text you type will be above or below the baseline. There is also a way to go back to the default format via keystrokes, all you have to do is to press the three keys again and it will go back to the normal way of formatting. Think of these keys as a “switch”, you can turn these keys on to go from multiple modes.