Raise and lower characters and text

1. Select one or more characters you want to raise or lower.

2. Click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Text tab, click in the toolbar.

3. Click the Style button near the top of the sidebar.

4. In the Font section, click , click the Baseline pop-up menu, then choose Superscript or Subscript.

   

5. If you want to continue typing regular text right after the superscript or subscript, click directly after the superscript or subscript character, click in the sidebar, click the Baseline pop-up menu, then choose Default.

You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly apply superscript or subscript to selected text. For superscript, press Control-Shift-Command-Plus Sign (+). For subscript, press Control-Command-Minus Sign (-).

If you want to make text higher or lower than the text next to it without changing its size, adjust its baseline shift.

1. Select one or more characters you want to raise or lower.

2. Click the Text tab at the top of the sidebar on the right.

   If you don’t see a sidebar, or the sidebar doesn’t have a Text tab, click in the toolbar.

3. Click the Style button near the top of the sidebar.

4. In the Font section, click , then click the arrows next to the Baseline Shift value to raise or lower the selected text.

   

You can add buttons to the Keynote toolbar to quickly apply superscript and subscript to selected text. The buttons appear in the toolbar of every Keynote presentation.

1. Choose View > Customize Toolbar (from the View menu at the top of your screen).

   Note: The View menu in the Keynote toolbar doesn’t have this option.

2. Drag the Superscript and Subscript buttons to the toolbar.

3. Click Done.

To remove the buttons, choose View > Customize Toolbar, then drag the buttons away from the toolbar until they disappear.