Superscript does not work

Question

My superscript does not work in either Office Word or Google Docs. I try to use Ctrl and >. My subscript function (Ctrl and < works), however my superscript does not. How can I fix it? Thank you

Answer 1

The default key strokes for invoking superscript is CTRL&SHIFT&+  That is hold down the CTRL and the SHIFT keys and press the + key with the = sign below the +, not the + key on a numeric keypad.

Answer 2

In Word, click File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize to display the Customize Keyboard dialog box. See which shortcut is assigned to the Superscript command. You can change the assigned shortcut if you wish.

Note that the screen shot below is specific to my system; if yours is in English, it may be a different shortcut by default.

Answer 3

Hi Vasiliki

Thank you for reaching out to us. I'm so sorry you are facing issues!

My name is Margarida, I'm an Independent Advisor. I love helping other users in the Community by sharing my experience with Microsoft products.

I believe the shortcut for superscript is to "press Ctrl, Shift, and the Plus sign (+) at the same time." https://support.office.com/en-us/article/format...

Hope this helps!

I wish you a great day/night :)!

Margarida

Answer 4

To add to what Doug and Stefan have said, the default assignments for Ctrl+> and Ctrl+< are to the commands GrowFont and ShrinkFont, which increase the font size of the selection to the next higher or lower listed font size. (The shortcuts Ctrl+] and Ctrl+[ are assigned to GrowFontOnePoint and ShrinkFontOnePoint.)