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Default How do I type Cl 2 ( Chlorine) or H 2 O ( water) in a cell ?

Type the text.

Use your mouse and select the characters you want to subscript.
Right clickFormat CellsSubscriptOK
Then hit Enter

If you do this a lot (I used to!) there is a free add-in here that makes it
a bit easier:

http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php...atting_add_in/

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


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