ExtendOffice: How to Format Text as Subscript in Excel 2007/2010? Advertisement. Article continues below this ad. Warnings. Information in this article applies to Excel 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013.

Office 2003 users must choose Font from the Format menu. It’s not hard, but some users will appreciate the built-in keyboard shortcuts for both: The keyboard shortcut for subscript is [Ctrl]+= ...

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Right-click an empty cell, select "Format Cells," select the "Subscript" option and click "OK" to apply the style to the entire cell; everything you type in this cell will have the subscript property.