subscript/superscript

[dontcallmedoctor]

is there a way to recover the same sub- and superscript functionality that
powerpoint had in previous versions? i constantly use these functions in my
work, and the loss of a simple toggle while typing is very frustrating. i
have read posts where other users have had the same problem, and the use of
third party software from oneffice has returned the toggle ability, but the
text must be actually highlighted. this method is still painful when i have
to type a molecular formula like for sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O4^2-).

 

[BO]

Which version are you using?

In both 2002 and 2007 (the only versions I have handy) the toggles are there:

CTRL + = for subscript and CTRL + SHIFT + = for superscript

If these have been changed you might want to reassign the commands or reset
the defaults in the customized keyboard commands menu:

2007:
Office button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcut: Customize >
{you could also hit Reset All here to restore the default} All Commands >
Subscript > and then you can assign any available combination you like

2002/3:
Tools > Customize > Commands > Keyboard... > {you could also hit Reset All
here to restore the default} All Commands > Subscript > and then you can
assign the any available combination you like

Repeat for superscript.

Please let us know if this helps...

Cheers

 

[BO]

I must apologize...this is quite embarassing...my mind wander and I thought I
was in the Word NGs. Whoops :]

I now see what you mean about the issue in PowerPoint (2007).

I will look for an answer unless someone else comes along first

Cheers

 

[BO]

OK, I've figured it out!!!!

If there is a VBA fan around (this is an area I'm just beginning to learn
about - so I'm not yet qualified to write ), I believe we can shorten
this to a single keyboard shortcut using the Shortcut Manager in 2007 (?)

I discovered a STRICTLY keyboard command combination that WILL do what
you're asking and have been able to replicate this numerous times now. I was
thinking about it in bed last night (your question kept me up! ) and
finally sorted it out.

SHIFT + SPACE
Backspace*
SHIFT + SPACE
SHIFT + Left Arrow

*In order to work in later in-text, for some reason the backspace-and-repeat
is required, but isn’t actually necessary the first time you SHIFT + SPACE.

Then, the next thing you type will replace the now highlighted selection
with "normal" text instead of sub/superscript

Please let me know if this helps....

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

I must apologize...this is quite embarassing...my mind wander and I thought I
was in the Word NGs. Whoops :]

I now see what you mean about the issue in PowerPoint (2007).

I will look for an answer unless someone else comes along first

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

Which version are you using?

In both 2002 and 2007 (the only versions I have handy) the toggles are there:

CTRL + = for subscript and CTRL + SHIFT + = for superscript

If these have been changed you might want to reassign the commands or reset
the defaults in the customized keyboard commands menu:

2007:
Office button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcut: Customize >
{you could also hit Reset All here to restore the default} All Commands >
Subscript > and then you can assign any available combination you like

2002/3:
Tools > Customize > Commands > Keyboard... > {you could also hit Reset All
here to restore the default} All Commands > Subscript > and then you can
assign the any available combination you like

Repeat for superscript.

Please let us know if this helps...

Cheers

 

[BO]

OK….I am determined to get this exactly right. It did occur to me that
though I was able to get it totally working with various combinations of Hs
2s and Os, I didn't test it with a sub/super as the first letter. Well what
do you know, the below combination does't work in that case. So, here is a
modified string that works in every scenario I have thrown at it (any single
and/or multiple sub/super at an point in the "sentence" combined with single
and/or multiple "normal" characters).

OK, well now we definitely need a coder to streamline this for us, but as
far as I can tell this is the be-all, end all for the situation (and as it
turns out the SHIFT wasn't needed for the SPACE to work ;p) :

SPACE, SPACE
Backspace
SPACE
Left arrow, left arrow
Delete
SHIFT + RIGHT

Now, as before, what you enter next will replace the highlighted space with
"normal text." And really, all the keys are clustered together, so it really
doesn't take that much time or hand-stretching to do it manually. Of course,
an ATL + N for "normal" or something of the like would certainly be easier

OK, now, please let us know if that helped!

Cheers


--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

OK, I've figured it out!!!!

If there is a VBA fan around (this is an area I'm just beginning to learn
about - so I'm not yet qualified to write ), I believe we can shorten
this to a single keyboard shortcut using the Shortcut Manager in 2007 (?)

I discovered a STRICTLY keyboard command combination that WILL do what
you're asking and have been able to replicate this numerous times now. I was
thinking about it in bed last night (your question kept me up! ) and
finally sorted it out.

SHIFT + SPACE
Backspace*
SHIFT + SPACE
SHIFT + Left Arrow

*In order to work in later in-text, for some reason the backspace-and-repeat
is required, but isn’t actually necessary the first time you SHIFT + SPACE.

Then, the next thing you type will replace the now highlighted selection
with "normal" text instead of sub/superscript

Please let me know if this helps....

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

I must apologize...this is quite embarassing...my mind wander and I thought I
was in the Word NGs. Whoops :]

I now see what you mean about the issue in PowerPoint (2007).

I will look for an answer unless someone else comes along first

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

Which version are you using?

In both 2002 and 2007 (the only versions I have handy) the toggles are there:

CTRL + = for subscript and CTRL + SHIFT + = for superscript

If these have been changed you might want to reassign the commands or reset
the defaults in the customized keyboard commands menu:

2007:
Office button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcut: Customize >
{you could also hit Reset All here to restore the default} All Commands >
Subscript > and then you can assign any available combination you like

2002/3:
Tools > Customize > Commands > Keyboard... > {you could also hit Reset All
here to restore the default} All Commands > Subscript > and then you can
assign the any available combination you like

Repeat for superscript.

Please let us know if this helps...

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003


:

is there a way to recover the same sub- and superscript functionality that
powerpoint had in previous versions? i constantly use these functions in my
work, and the loss of a simple toggle while typing is very frustrating. i
have read posts where other users have had the same problem, and the use of
third party software from oneffice has returned the toggle ability, but the
text must be actually highlighted. this method is still painful when i have
to type a molecular formula like for sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O4^2-).

 

[TimH]

BO,
Though I appreciate your help, this is a rediculous workaround. In the
old version of powerpoint, and in the current version of word, we
don't have to remember such a long string of commands--it would be
quicker not to use a keyboard shortcut at this point! Can we simply
restore the toggling function of
CTRL +
and
CTRL =

Why has this been taken away, and how can it be restored??

OK....I am determined to get this exactly right. It did occur to me that
though I was able to get it totally working with various combinations of Hs
2s and Os, I didn't test it with a sub/super as the first letter. Well what
do you know, the below combination does't work in that case. So, here is a
modified string that works in every scenario I have thrown at it (any single
and/or multiple sub/super at an point in the "sentence" combined with single
and/or multiple "normal" characters).

OK, well now we definitely need a coder to streamline this for us, but as
far as I can tell this is the be-all, end all for the situation (and as it
turns out the SHIFT wasn't needed for the SPACE to work ;p) :

SPACE, SPACE
Backspace
SPACE
Left arrow, left arrow
Delete
SHIFT + RIGHT

Now, as before, what you enter next will replace the highlighted space with
"normal text." And really, all the keys are clustered together, so it really
doesn't take that much time or hand-stretching to do it manually. Of course,
an ATL + N for "normal" or something of the like would certainly be easier

OK, now, please let us know if that helped!

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

OK, I've figured it out!!!!

If there is a VBA fan around (this is an area I'm just beginning to learn
about - so I'm not yet qualified to write ), I believe we can shorten
this to a single keyboard shortcut using the Shortcut Manager in 2007 (?)

I discovered a STRICTLY keyboard command combination that WILL do what
you're asking and have been able to replicate this numerous times now. I was
thinking about it in bed last night (your question kept me up! ) and
finally sorted it out.

SHIFT + SPACE
Backspace*
SHIFT + SPACE
SHIFT + Left Arrow

*In order to work in later in-text, for some reason the backspace-and-repeat
is required, but isn't actually necessary the first time you SHIFT + SPACE.

Then, the next thing you type will replace the now highlighted selection
with "normal" text instead of sub/superscript

Please let me know if this helps....

I must apologize...this is quite embarassing...my mind wander and I thought I
was in the Word NGs. Whoops :]
I now see what you mean about the issue in PowerPoint (2007).
I will look for an answer unless someone else comes along first
Cheers
--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003
:
Which version are you using?
In both 2002 and 2007 (the only versions I have handy) the toggles are there:
CTRL + = for subscript and CTRL + SHIFT + = for superscript
If these have been changed you might want to reassign the commands or reset
the defaults in the customized keyboard commands menu:
2007:
Office button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcut: Customize >
{you could also hit Reset All here to restore the default} All Commands >
Subscript > and then you can assign any available combination you like
2002/3:
Tools > Customize > Commands > Keyboard... > {you could also hit Reset All
here to restore the default} All Commands > Subscript > and then you can
assign the any available combination you like
Repeat for superscript.
Please let us know if this helps...
Cheers
--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003
:
is there a way to recover the same sub- and superscript functionality that
powerpoint had in previous versions? i constantly use these functions in my
work, and the loss of a simple toggle while typing is very frustrating. i
have read posts where other users have had the same problem, and the use of
third party software from oneffice has returned the toggle ability, but the
text must be actually highlighted. this method is still painful when i have
to type a molecular formula like for sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O4^2-).- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi Tim

I'm afraid no-one here works for microsoft - we're a bunch of volunteer
users trying to help other users - so we can't tell you why it has been
taken away. I can certainly sympathise with your frustration as taking any
number of mouse clicks for something you used to be able to achieve with the
keyboard is a real PITA as far as I'm concerned.

The problem appears to be that you can still turn subscript or superscript
on using the old keyboard shortcuts, you just can't turn it off again. I
have a work around - it's not as good as a toggle but does mean no mouse
use. Firstly add the subscript & superscript buttons to your quick access
toolbar (click on the little drop down at the end of the QAT -> more
commands -> all commands -> add sub/superscript). Now if you press the alt
button shortcuts appear by these buttons (07 and 08 in my case). So for me
to produce H2O now I go:
Shift H
Ctrl +
2
alt
07
shift O

As I say, not perfect but hopefully better for you than getting the mouse
involved. Post a 'Suggestion to Microsoft' (rather than a questoin) about
restoring the toggle & get your friends to vote for it - you never know we
may get it back yet

Lucy
--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
Adelaide, Australia
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

BO,
Though I appreciate your help, this is a rediculous workaround. In the
old version of powerpoint, and in the current version of word, we
don't have to remember such a long string of commands--it would be
quicker not to use a keyboard shortcut at this point! Can we simply
restore the toggling function of
CTRL +
and
CTRL =

Why has this been taken away, and how can it be restored??

OK....I am determined to get this exactly right. It did occur to me that
though I was able to get it totally working with various combinations of
Hs
2s and Os, I didn't test it with a sub/super as the first letter. Well
what
do you know, the below combination does't work in that case. So, here is
a
modified string that works in every scenario I have thrown at it (any
single
and/or multiple sub/super at an point in the "sentence" combined with
single
and/or multiple "normal" characters).

OK, well now we definitely need a coder to streamline this for us, but as
far as I can tell this is the be-all, end all for the situation (and as
it
turns out the SHIFT wasn't needed for the SPACE to work ;p) :

SPACE, SPACE
Backspace
SPACE
Left arrow, left arrow
Delete
SHIFT + RIGHT

Now, as before, what you enter next will replace the highlighted space
with
"normal text." And really, all the keys are clustered together, so it
really
doesn't take that much time or hand-stretching to do it manually. Of
course,
an ATL + N for "normal" or something of the like would certainly be
easier

OK, now, please let us know if that helped!

Cheers

--
BO Haynes
MOS Word Expert 2003
MOS PowerPoint 2003

OK, I've figured it out!!!!

If there is a VBA fan around (this is an area I'm just beginning to
learn
about - so I'm not yet qualified to write ), I believe we can
shorten
this to a single keyboard shortcut using the Shortcut Manager in 2007
(?)

I discovered a STRICTLY keyboard command combination that WILL do what
you're asking and have been able to replicate this numerous times now.
I was
thinking about it in bed last night (your question kept me up! ) and
finally sorted it out.

SHIFT + SPACE
Backspace*
SHIFT + SPACE
SHIFT + Left Arrow

*In order to work in later in-text, for some reason the
backspace-and-repeat
is required, but isn't actually necessary the first time you SHIFT +
SPACE.

Then, the next thing you type will replace the now highlighted
selection
with "normal" text instead of sub/superscript

Please let me know if this helps....

"BO" wrote:

I must apologize...this is quite embarassing...my mind wander and I
thought I
was in the Word NGs. Whoops :]

I now see what you mean about the issue in PowerPoint (2007).

I will look for an answer unless someone else comes along first

"BO" wrote:

Which version are you using?

In both 2002 and 2007 (the only versions I have handy) the toggles
are there:

CTRL + = for subscript and CTRL + SHIFT + = for superscript

If these have been changed you might want to reassign the commands
or reset
the defaults in the customized keyboard commands menu:

2007:
Office button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcut:
Customize >
{you could also hit Reset All here to restore the default} All
Commands >
Subscript > and then you can assign any available combination you
like

2002/3:
Tools > Customize > Commands > Keyboard... > {you could also hit
Reset All
here to restore the default} All Commands > Subscript > and then
you can
assign the any available combination you like

Repeat for superscript.

Please let us know if this helps...

"dontcallmedoctor" wrote:

is there a way to recover the same sub- and superscript
functionality that
powerpoint had in previous versions? i constantly use these
functions in my
work, and the loss of a simple toggle while typing is very
frustrating. i
have read posts where other users have had the same problem, and
the use of
third party software from oneffice has returned the toggle
ability, but the
text must be actually highlighted. this method is still painful
when i have
to type a molecular formula like for sodium thiosulphate
(Na2S2O4^2-).- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -