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.