square meters

[Guest]

where do I find format in MSWord for m2 ie square meters

 

[Stefan Blom]

To format the "2" in m2 as superscript: On the Format menu, click Font.
Click the Font tab, and check the "Superscript" option. Click OK.

Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut to toggle the superscript
attribute. On my system this happens to be Ctrl++, but it could be
something different for you (depending on language and probably also on
keyboard layout).

Here's how to use the Customize Keyboard dialog box to find out the
keyboard shortcut for the SuperScript command: Right-click a toolbar,
and choose Customize from the context menu. Click the Keyboard button.
Under "Categories", click "All commands". To the right, in the
"Commands" list, locate the SuperScript command and pay attention to
what it says in the "Current keys" box.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Stefan. Also just discovered can do through Insert - Symbol

 

[Doug Robbins]

Hold down the Alt key and type 0178 on the numeric keypad.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although it is possible to insert ² and ³ via Insert | Symbol or using
Alt+0178 or Alt+0179, this produces a different result from that produced by
applying the Superscript property to 2 or 3. Sometimes this is a good thing.
For one thing, the font characters are more impervious to reformatting (if
you remove direct font formatting from Superscript text, it won't be
Superscript any more). The problem arises when you need exponents higher
than 3. Subscripts (0-9) and the remaining superscript numerals (0, 4-9) are
available in the Superscripts and Subscripts character subset of some large
Unicode fonts (such as Arial Unicode MS), but they are not available in most
fonts. So if you want to use exponents larger than 3, it is advisable to use
Superscript formatting for all of them so that they will be uniform.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Klaus Linke]

where do I find format in MSWord for m2 ie square meters

So if you want to use exponents larger than 3, [...]

Depends on whether Alistair is from some higher-dimensional universe?

<g> Klaus

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, obviously you wouldn't use higher exponents for meters, but you often
do for other numbers. <g>

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So if you want to use exponents larger than 3, [...]

Depends on whether Alistair is from some higher-dimensional universe?

<g> Klaus