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Creating subscript or superscript in a mail response.

I am attempting to reply to an email in the MAIL App. I am having trouble making subscripts or superscripts that are required in my response. Any help would be appreciated. I am using the Yosemite Operating System.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Posted on Dec 25, 2014 12:44 PM

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Posted on Dec 25, 2014 2:14 PM

[Updated to solve Superscript, Subscript, and Strike-through text cases. - /viking]


Mail does not offer any Superscript, Subscript, or Strike-through style capability, but you can first create them in TextEdit, and then these styles will be available in Mail.


TextEdit


Superscript and Subscript


Type the arbitrary text "ka" (without the quotes). Select the letter "a", and then choose Format > Font > Baseline > Superscript. The character levitates. On the left end of the TextEdit toolbar, there is a ¶ selector button. Click this and choose Show Styles… .


In the styles panel, you will see the superscripted letter "a" and below it, the current font info and the term Raised. Leave Document Styles selected, and simply click the Add to Favorites button. A sheet will drop down allowing you to name this style, and I suggest you call it Superscript. Leave the two checkboxes unselected, and click Add.


The "a" is still selected. You want to return this to normal, so click the ¶ style selector on the toolbar again, and choose default. Reselect the "a" character, and now choose Format > Font > Baseline > Subscript. From the preceding ¶ style selector, select Show Styles… again. This time, it says that it is Lowered. Click Add to Favorites, and name this Subscript.


Strike-through


While still in TextEdit, add and select an arbitrary word of default styled text. Choose Format > Font > Show Fonts. In the Fonts toolbar, there is a drop-down button offering single and double strike-through styles. Select Single for normal strike-through. If you want a red strikebar, choose the Color menu option, and pick red from the color chooser — before selecting Single from the strike-through menu.


Now, you have a word with a strike-through style applied. Select this word, and from the familiar ¶ style selection menu, Show Styles… again. Choose Add to Favorites, and when the naming sheet slides down, call it Strike-through, or Red Strike-through (if pertinent).


Now, Superscript, Subscript, and Strike-through are now selectable Favorites on your Show Styles menu.


Apple Mail


Select the text that you want to apply a style too. Right-click on that selected text. From the pop-up menu, choose Font > Styles… . A sheet should drop down with Favorite Styles enabled. Click on the blue-arrows adjacent to Default. Choose Superscript, Subscript, or Strike-through as appropriate. When you click Apply, your preferred style is applied to the selected text.


When you want to resume with regular text, spacebar after your effect, and then do the right-click, Font > Styles… again, and this time, click Default and Apply. You will be back to a default font baseline.

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Dec 25, 2014 2:14 PM in response to VikingOSX

[Updated to solve Superscript, Subscript, and Strike-through text cases. - /viking]


Mail does not offer any Superscript, Subscript, or Strike-through style capability, but you can first create them in TextEdit, and then these styles will be available in Mail.


TextEdit


Superscript and Subscript


Type the arbitrary text "ka" (without the quotes). Select the letter "a", and then choose Format > Font > Baseline > Superscript. The character levitates. On the left end of the TextEdit toolbar, there is a ¶ selector button. Click this and choose Show Styles… .


In the styles panel, you will see the superscripted letter "a" and below it, the current font info and the term Raised. Leave Document Styles selected, and simply click the Add to Favorites button. A sheet will drop down allowing you to name this style, and I suggest you call it Superscript. Leave the two checkboxes unselected, and click Add.


The "a" is still selected. You want to return this to normal, so click the ¶ style selector on the toolbar again, and choose default. Reselect the "a" character, and now choose Format > Font > Baseline > Subscript. From the preceding ¶ style selector, select Show Styles… again. This time, it says that it is Lowered. Click Add to Favorites, and name this Subscript.


Strike-through


While still in TextEdit, add and select an arbitrary word of default styled text. Choose Format > Font > Show Fonts. In the Fonts toolbar, there is a drop-down button offering single and double strike-through styles. Select Single for normal strike-through. If you want a red strikebar, choose the Color menu option, and pick red from the color chooser — before selecting Single from the strike-through menu.


Now, you have a word with a strike-through style applied. Select this word, and from the familiar ¶ style selection menu, Show Styles… again. Choose Add to Favorites, and when the naming sheet slides down, call it Strike-through, or Red Strike-through (if pertinent).


Now, Superscript, Subscript, and Strike-through are now selectable Favorites on your Show Styles menu.


Apple Mail


Select the text that you want to apply a style too. Right-click on that selected text. From the pop-up menu, choose Font > Styles… . A sheet should drop down with Favorite Styles enabled. Click on the blue-arrows adjacent to Default. Choose Superscript, Subscript, or Strike-through as appropriate. When you click Apply, your preferred style is applied to the selected text.


When you want to resume with regular text, spacebar after your effect, and then do the right-click, Font > Styles… again, and this time, click Default and Apply. You will be back to a default font baseline.

Dec 25, 2014 1:50 PM in response to sburech

Mail does not offer any subscript or superscript capability, but you can first create this in TextEdit, and then these text styles will then be available in Mail.


TextEdit


Type the arbitrary text "ka" (without the quotes). Select the letter "a", and then choose Format > Font > Baseline > Superscript. The character levitates. On the left end of the TextEdit toolbar, there is a ¶ selector button. Click this and choose Show Styles… .


In the styles panel, you will see the superscripted letter "a" and below it, the current font info and the term Raised. Leave Document Styles selected, and simply click the Add to Favorites button. A sheet will drop down allowing you to name this style, and I suggest you call it Superscript. Leave the two checkboxes unselected, and click Add.


The "a" is still selected. You want to return this to normal, so click the ¶ style selector on the toolbar again, and choose default. Reselect the "a" character, and now choose Format > Font > Baseline > Subscript. From the preceding ¶ style selector, select Show Styles… again. This time, it says that it is Lowered. Click Add to Favorites, and name this Subscript.


Both Superscript, and Subscript are now on your Styles menu. Quit TextEdit.


Apple Mail


Select the text that you want to superscript, or subscript. Right-click on that selected text. From the pop-up menu, choose Font > Styles… . A sheet should drop down with Favorite Styles enabled. Click on the blue-arrows adjacent to Default. Choose Superscript, or Subscript. When you click Apply, your preferred style is applied to the selected text. When you want to resume with regular text, spacebar after your effect, and then do the right-click, Font > Styles… again, and this time, click Default and Apply. You will be back to a default font baseline.

Creating subscript or superscript in a mail response.

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