You should press two buttons, which are the Ctrl button and the = button. The English (US) keyboard is shown in the below picture. The default keyboard shortcut for inserting a subscript in Word is the CTRL button and the equal sign. Please read the last section for more explanation about it. Keep reading to understand how to do this.īut what should you do if this other shortcut does not work either? The only choice you have left is to change the shortcut. Therefore, you should create a new shortcut. This means that there is no shortcut for it. Sometimes you can only find a little box with information but without any shortcuts. Remember that you should always use the shortcut that shows on your Word document. If another shortcut is assigned, then this could be the cause of your problems. Here you should check if there is a shortcut written in bold. Then some information in a little box shows up.

Check this by taking your mouse cursor on the subscript or superscript icon in the ribbon. Sometimes there is another shortcut assigned to your subscript or superscript in Word. Check which keyboard shortcut for subscript or superscript is assigned Ensure that you are using the same language in Word as your keyboard for the shortcut to work. Now you can see which language you have set as your preference. The Word Options box opens up on your Word document. You can also check the language by opening the Word Options box.įirst, you have to right-click anywhere on your ribbon or tabs > Then select Customize the Ribbon. If you did it right, you should be able to see language in your status bar.Then the Customize Status Bar opens with a large selection > Click on Language, and you will see a tick in front of it.Right-click anywhere on the status bar, which is highlighted in the below picture.That is not a problem, because you can change it in a few steps. If you can’t see anything, it means that you have not included language in your status bar. You can check which language you are using in Word by looking in the status bar below. If you are using a keyboard other than the language, it could cause problems when pressing the buttons. However, it is not explained what to do if your keyboard shortcut for subscript or superscript in Word is not working.įirst of all, you should make sure that you are using the English (US) keyboard when you have your Word document in the English (US) language. There are several ways to add it into your Word document, just like Microsoft states. Create a new keyboard shortcut for subscript or superscriptīefore we start, you should read the previous tutorial about inserting a subscript or superscript in Word.Check which keyboard shortcut for subscript or superscript is assigned.

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