Superscripts & Subscripts in Excel Graphs/Charts

Learn how to type "subscript" & "superscript" in excel graphs/charts using 4 different methods. We will cover how to include subscript/superscript in Chart title or Axis title or Chart legend.
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Index for this video is shown below. Feel free to move to the respective sections by clicking on the timestamp!

02:35 - Adding superscript/subscript in Chart/Graph title (3 different methods).
03:07 - Method 1 - The quick character shortcut (Only works for Degree and Superscripts 1,2,3).
03:27 - Method 2 - Copy paste superscript/subscript into Chart/Graph title.
04:34 - Method 3 - Excel Shortcuts (2 shortcuts each for superscript/subscript)
05:18 - Adding superscript/subscript in Chart/Graph Axis title. (This is same as how you type superscript/subscript in Chart Title, However, I show one example using shortcut)
06:13 - Adding superscript/subscript in Chart/Graph Legend. (We discuss about 2 implementation methods that don't work in this case and why. Subsequently, we look at 2 methods that work.
07:06 - Why Excel navigation shortcut wont work in Legends.
08:05 - Method 1 - Copy paste superscript/subscript into Chart/Graph title.
08:39 - Method 2 - The quick character shortcut (Only works for Degree and Superscripts 1,2,3).
09:46 - Typing degree symbol in Chart/Graph Axis title.
10:11 - Typing degree symbol in Chart/Graph Legend.

The Unicode character link referred in this video is...

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Superscript/Subscript examples referred in this video. Note that you can use the mentioned methods to include ANY subscript/superscript characters.

In this video, I walk through the below examples
1. Typing meter squared (m²) in excel chart/graph title.
2. Typing m² in excel chart/graph axis title.
3. Typing m² in excel chart/graph legend.
4. Typing ºF (degree symbol) in excel chart/graph axis title.
5. Typing ºF (degree symbol) in excel chart/graph axis legend.

The 4 methods to implement superscript/subscript in Graphs/Charts discussed in this video are...

Using Method 1 (quick shortcuts), you can type superscripts like x¹, x², x³ or infinity symbol like x∞ or degree symbol like ºF. This will work in Chart/Graph title and Chart/Graph axis title and even in Chart/Graph legend.

For ∞ (infinity symbol), use quick shortcut ALT+236.
For ¹, use ALT+0185
For ², use ALT+0178
For ³, use ALT+0179
For °, use ALT+0176

Using Method 3 (superscript/subscript shortcuts), you can convert any existing text to superscript/subscript. This method will work in Chart/Graph title and Chart/Graph axis title. However, it will not work for Chart/Graph legends. Below are the shortcuts

Shortcut 1: (Superscript) ALT HFNP/ (Subscript) ALT HFNB
Shortcut 2: (Superscript) CTRL+1, ALT P, (Subscript) CTRL+1, ALT B

Using Method 4 (Subscript Implementation, the manual way). This will work ONLY for Chart/Graph legends as you need to format the column title to make it reflect in chart legend. This method cannot be used to implement superscripts/subscripts in Chart/Graph Title or Chart/Graph Axis title.

For Subscript
Step 1: Select the text that needs to be converted into a subscript.
Step 2: Right Click
Step 3: Select 'Format Cells'
Step 4: Check 'Subscript' checkbox.
Step 5: Click OK.

For Superscript
Step 1: Select the text that needs to be converted into a superscript.
Step 2: Right Click
Step 3: Select 'Format Cells'
Step 4: Check 'Superscript' checkbox.
Step 5: Click OK.

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[esraamakled]

Gr8 help spent a full day trying to figure out how to change the name of the variable, you saved the day thanks :)

[shantaislam]

Easily explained. Thank you so much!!!

[vishwanathiari]

Thank you i was unable to add a subscript to data labels in the chart i.e. GA3 etc. it helped a lot.

[simusworld]

Can you tell me how to add subscript/superscript in axis data?

[mohitsinghparihar]

Sir, van you tell me how to subscript b in axis, as it does not have any Unicode for subscript

[Digidori]

Thank you! I searched for the legend superscript!

[sanmitradan]

Thanks for this video, you saved my day🙏
The copying method helped me to edit the legends.
Can you tell from where you got the superscript and subscript fonts used for copying. I copied it from your sheet.

[robskalas]

My man, this worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

[ajahan]

How to change in axis elements? As for example in your graph if you need to add superscript in location name how could you change it?

[neerajtejwan]

Thank you so much sir 🙏🙏🙏🙏.. very informative video 👌👌👌👏👏👏👏

[sebooz]

Thank you for this great video, I want to write italic rather than superscripting. Could you please tell me how to do that? Thanks in advance

[rahulkumargarg]

How to add Greek symbol in excel chart.? Thanks

[christosd]

But is it possible to superscript in the chart legend letters like b or c or you can only have some specific numbers and symbols????thanks

[DharmendraKumar-yoji]

how to do subscript in horizontal axis ...e.g. TiO2 ....in TiO2, 2 should be in subscript.

[miguelangelperezgarcia]

What if the subscript I want to put in the index of "X" for example if I had a list of chemical components that I want to look like SO4 or H20

[moussabalqaissy]

I have this word (SCC-CKD10%), (SCC-CKD20%) and (SCC-CKD30%) how tom make just 10%, 20% and 30% Superscript in the legend ? thans for the video