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How to make subscripts on PowerPoint

Learn how to format text as a subscript in PowerPoint Online to customize your presentation slides. This guide walks you through entering your text, accessing the font options menu, and applying the subscript formatting. By following these steps, you will be able to easily create subscript text for formulas, footnotes, or mathematical expressions.

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5 steps 2 min Community template
1

Open the PowerPoint presentation

Navigate to the PowerPoint presentation to begin learning how to make subscripts.

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Open the PowerPoint presentation
2

Select the text

Click the text box on the slide containing the text to place your cursor inside it and select the text.

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Select the text
3

Click the More options button

Click the More options button in the top toolbar to reveal additional font formatting settings.

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Click the More options button
4

Select the Subscript option

Click the Subscript option in the More Font Options dropdown menu to apply subscript formatting to the selected text.

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Select the Subscript option
5

Preview the subscript text

Click anywhere on the slide canvas to deselect the text box and view your changes.

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Preview the subscript text

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