Formatting text

[kippers]

Hi,

Does anyone know how I can format text in such a way that the last
letter/number of a word can appear higher than the rest of the word itself-
in other words if I want to write the term '5 squared' numerically how could
I get the 'squared digit' (i.e. the digit 2) to appear in the right position
vertically, rather than the text appearing as 52.

Also, I want to try and keep the font size the same.

Thanks in advance,

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi,

Does anyone know how I can format text in such a way that the last
letter/number of a word can appear higher than the rest of the word
itself- in other words if I want to write the term '5 squared'
numerically how could I get the 'squared digit' (i.e. the digit 2) to
appear in the right position vertically, rather than the text
appearing as 52.

Also, I want to try and keep the font size the same.

Thanks in advance,

Normally, you would select the digit (the 2 in your example) and apply
'superscript' font formatting to it, either by using the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+= or by checking the Superscript box in the Format > Font dialog.

However, in addition to raising the character, the Superscript formatting
also makes the character smaller than the regular text (although the "font
size" remains the same). If you really want the character to be visually the
same size as regular text, then instead of applying Superscript formatting,
do this: Select the character, click Format > Font, click the Character
Spacing tab of the dialog, change the Position box to "Raised", and enter
the number of points by which to raise it (generally 4 or 5 points will look
right).

Using Superscript formatting won't change the space between lines, but the
Raised position will push the line containing the raised character further
down than normal, creating an odd line spacing. You might be able to stop
that by setting the Line Spacing in the Format > Paragraph dialog to an
"Exact" value, but that risks cutting off the top of the raised character
and can cause a problem if the paragraph contains any in-line graphic
objects.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Select the 2 and press Ctrl+Shift+= to apply Superscript formatting (you can
also use Format | Font: Superscript). For ² and ³ you can also use Unicode
characters 00B2 and 00B3.

 

[Henk57]

Hi,

Does anyone know how I can format text in such a way that the last
letter/number of a word can appear higher than the rest of the wor
itself-
in other words if I want to write the term '5 squared' numerically ho
could
I get the 'squared digit' (i.e. the digit 2) to appear in the righ
position
vertically, rather than the text appearing as 52.

Also, I want to try and keep the font size the same.

Thanks in advance,

Format / Font / Superscript. This will visually reduce the size
though, so if you mean by keeping the size the same how it visuall
appears in the text you need to make the font size larger