PBezucha wrote on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:41:01 -0700:

The only elegant way, as I have found in of my practice, is
building clever macros that can bring several distinct types
of strings to proper settings of sub- and superscripts. These
types are (_ delimits sub-, * superscripts):

- chemical formulae and common expressions with numeric
indices, i.e. (NH_4_)_2_SO_4_ , REM_12_ ,

- symbols with first character normal and other characters
subscripts, i.e. µ_max_ , t_1/2_ ,

- unit expressions and general powers, i.e. kcal ft*-2*
hr*-1*, R*-1.45*.

Surely, this is beyond the scope of this question.

Regards,
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Petr Bezucha

"Jim Rech" wrote:

Nothing elegant. There is: Select text, then press Ctrl-1 and
then Alt-e (for superscript) or Alt-b (for subscript). It's
a little faster than reaching for the mouse I think.

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Jim
"raj74" wrote in message
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| Is there ant shortcut in excel for writing super &
| subscript instead of


It should be possible to write a macro for chemical formulas tho' I
don't use them much in Excel. I have one that works well in Word and the
results can be cut and pasted into Excel.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not