Open “ Find and Replace” dialogue box by navigating Home > Replace or using “Ctrl + H” (Windows).In this method we copy the CO 2 and in “Replace with” user clipboard. Click “Replace All” to replace all instance with desired subscript or superscript text.Ĭompared to above 2-step process ( Method 1), this method is faster and easy.Place our cursor in Replace with dialogue box and select Format > Font and check box against the desired effect.Click on More (to show advance options).Again in open find and replace dialogue and in “Find what” type “++2++” and in “Replace with” type 2.click “Replace All” to replace all instances at once.Note that ++2++ is dummy text and you can use any other unique text. In Find what type CO2 and in Replace with type CO++2++.Word user on Mac can use keyboard shortcut “Shift + Command + H” Then in the next step replace that unique text with desired subscript/superscript First step involves replacing the subscript or superscript text with a unique text. Method 1: Using Format option in Find and Replace (for more general way see Method 2) Ms Word provides a couple of different ways to achieve it. find and replace tool of Word treats CO 2 as CO2. In-fact, find and replace tool treats subscript as normal text i.e.

She noted we could not replace text with subscript or superscript using standard Find and Replace option. Jane has a big Ms Word document where she wants to replace CO2 with CO 2.

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