Select the “Baseline” submenu and choose either “Superscript” or “Subscript”.Pull down the “Format” menu and go to “Font”.So be in either of those apps and start typing as usual, then when you hit the point where you want to insert superscript or subscript text just do the following: This works in both Pages app and TextEdit app of OS X. Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°.Typing Subscript & Superscript Text in Mac OS X

Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair. Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts Release Guide (turns it into a regular path) Hold Option while dragging out a new guide Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available) Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces. Hold Cmd, then Spacebar. (This will show the Zoom tool.) Let go of Cmd so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type) Move mesh point along path with Mesh toolĪdd mesh point with Mesh tool without changing colorĬonstrain orientation of polygons, stars, spiralsĪdd/subtract sides, points, spiral segmentsĬreate continuous duplicates along mouse movement Transform pattern without transforming object Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool When finished drawing, hold Option and release mouseĬonnect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool Move anchor point while drawing with Pen toolĬreate closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool

To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools

To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool To cycle through tools behind column tool To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time

Subscript on mac keyboard