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How to subscript numbers in chemical formulas in Excel?

Author: Sun Last Modified: 2024-11-07

Have you ever been confused about how to subscript numbers in a chemical formula in Excel, as shown in the screenshot below? In this tutorial, you may get the good solutions to solve this tedious task in Excel.

A screenshot showing numbers in a chemical formula to be subscripted

(Steps) Subscript letters one by one with Format Cells function

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Subscript letters one by one with Format Cells function

In Excel, you can subscript letters by applying Format Cells function.

1. Double click at the chemical formula cell you need, and then select one number that you want to subscript, see screenshot:

A screenshot of selecting a number to subscript

2. Then right click to select Format Cells from the displayed context menu, and in the Format Cells dialog, check Subscript under the Effects section. See screenshot:

>A screenshot showing the Format Cells context menu in ExcelA screenshot of the Format Cells dialog with Subscript selected under Effects

3. Click OK. Now the selected number is subscripted.

A screenshot showing a subscripted number in a chemical formula in Excel

Repeat above steps to subscript other numbers one by one.

Subscript all numbers in a cell/range once with Kutools for Excel

If you have multiple numbers needed to be subscripted in chemical formulas, the above method must waste time and tedious. But do not worry, Kutools for Excel’s Subscript Numbers in Chemical Formulas utility can quickly subscript all numbers in the selected cells.

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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

Select the chemical formula cells, and then click Kutools > Text > Subscript Numbers in Chemical Formulas. See screenshot:

A screenshot of the Subscript Numbers in Chemical Formulas option in Kutools tab on the ribbon

Then a dialog pops out to remind you the number of subscripted cells, just click OK to close it. And then you can see all the numbers in the chemical formulas are subscripted.

A screenshot of a chemical formula with numbers subscripted using Kutools

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