Just to expand on that. You need to make sure that your input is text,
either by using a leading apostrophe, preformatting the cell as text or
it may happen naturally if you are typing something like 10 x 2³.

HTH
Martin

"Debra Dalgleish" wrote in message
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Are you typing the leading apostrophe that Martin suggested?

Jim May wrote:
Martin - Great idea, but I can't make it stick, once I click out or press
return.
It reverts back to 27 versus the 2 with the 7 in subscript..


"MartinW" wrote:


Hi shumba,

Type '27 in the cell.
Then in the Formula Bar highlight the 7 only
Go to FormatCells and check Superscript

HTH
Martin

"shumba64" wrote in message
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how do i display base 2 to the 7 without having it calculate anythin?





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