I actually had this working, sorta nicely at one time, but then it stopped. You probably guessed that each app or suite will have potentially it's unique way of handling super and sub- scripting, which is what you are referring to. I'm 100 percent positive you used to be able to do it in older Illustrator versions. You may try the following key board shortcuts and check if it helps. keyboard shortcut for subscript I don't think there are any keyboard shortcuts that can help you, but there are some unicode characters that can be used in place of changing the point size and doing a baseline shift. The Keyboard Shortcut to insert a Superscript in MS Word is Ctrl+ Shift+ +. When I hit this combination, it zooms in on my page, instead of converting to subscript. Yes, this thread is an oldie, but it shows up top of the list in Google so it might as wel give a real answer: Even in 2018, in 10. Works in Yosemite and earlier OS's back to Mountain Lion that by default support Unicode per an Apple KB article. You do have to be careful not to inadvertently use some of them. Also, common fractions can be typed directly, like ½ and ¾. This, as you can see here, is applicable in ALL apps as it modifies the system settings, unless restricted. As example, typing a number '2', the character 'st' followed by a space substitutes 2ᴺᴰ which are the Unicode superscripted upper case characters. It works as text substitution in any app or limited to specific apps, as you wish.
It doesn't seem possible in Mac OS or at least it's unreliable as it is now or has been in OS X. It would be nice to have a common solution that works across ALL apps and scenarios. The autocorrect or system settings might work sporadically for this or learn it and work great. You would have to use a specific keystroke for each program for that. In ADDITION to doing the above apps tend to control the characters' use and do not follow the system settings. Clearly, the characters exist in the table, somewhere.
Uncommon fractions would require manual intervention. You would also have to do this for common fractions like, '½, ¼, etc. I still seem to have a character substitution in place for 0ᵀᴴ e.
Windows does this rather elegantly somehow. You would have to force superscripts for '1st, 2nd. These might also affect Web browser apps like the one I'm using now. Spreadsheets and other specific apps like Excel, the various Adobe suites, and others. There are really several aspects to this and therefore several possible solutions. Currently the only way to do it is manually in the character palette options menu. The day Photoshop has superior type editing functionality than Illustrator, well, maybe the Adobe Illustrator team is just slacking. It just sucks because you can do it in both Adobe InDesign and Photoshop using Command + Shift + +. It's just available in some programs and not others, not system-wide. I hope I helped It's just available in some programs and not others, not system-wide. I don't think there are any keyboard shortcuts that can help you, but there are some unicode characters that can be used in place of changing the point size and doing a baseline shift. It's not like it's some unusual request.Īm I using the wrong shortcut? I'm 100 percent positive you used to be able to do it in older Illustrator versions. Let us know if you need further assistance. ※ Download: ?dl&keyword=keyboard+shortcut+for+subscript&source= Format text or numbers as superscript or subscript