mfader@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Fader) (02/09/91)
Using the sub- or superscript command in Word 4.0 moves the text off the baseline by a configurable number of points, and decreases the font size to the next smaller installed size, e.g. 12 pt. text becomes a 10 pt. subscript. I prefer to use 9 pt. sub/superscripts with 12 pt text. Is there a way to reconfigure the sub/superscript command to do this? I couldn't find any, and even tried defining a character style that was both the desired size and off the baseline, but applying it to a single selection changed the entire paragraph. Thanx in advance.
dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) (02/12/91)
mfader@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Fader) writes: >Using the sub- or superscript command in Word 4.0 moves the text off the >baseline by a configurable number of points, and decreases the font size to the >next smaller installed size, e.g. 12 pt. text becomes a 10 pt. subscript. I >prefer to use 9 pt. sub/superscripts with 12 pt text. Is there a way to >reconfigure the sub/superscript command to do this? I couldn't find any, and >even tried defining a character style that was both the desired size and off >the baseline, but applying it to a single selection changed the entire >paragraph. I would like to know if anyone else has been able to figure out how to do this too; I have not and have not been able to get anything from Microsoft. Apparently the superscript and subscript commands that come installed in Word are special in that they do two things at once, i.e. change the position off the baseline and change the font size. Any command that the user tries to install using the commands feature can only do one of these at a time. My workaround has been to create a Quickeys sequence that uses one key to call Word to first change the font size and then change the position. Without Quickeys, the only way that it seems it can be done is by manually causing both operations to be done separately. I have not been able to figure out a way to redifine the size of the command-shift-plus and command-shift-minus super and subscripting commands. -- Dana E. Keil Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Berkeley dana@are.berkeley.edu