Specifying Superscript Text

Excel supports a number of different text attributes that can be applied to the characters in your cells. One of those attributes is superscript, which makes affected text smaller and raises it above the baseline used by surrounding text. Superscript is very helpful to use for scientific formulas. To apply superscript in your text, follow these steps:

1. Select the cell (or information within a cell) that you want to be superscript.
2. Choose the Cells option from the Format menu. Excel displays the Format Cells dialog box. (To display this dialog box in Excel 2007, display the Home tab of the ribbon and, within the Cells group, click the down-arrow under Format and choose Format Cells.)
3. Make sure the Font tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
4. Select the Superscript check box.
5. Click on OK.