Occasionally you may find yourself wanting to type superscript (see the adjacent graphic) or subscript (102). You can do this through the Font dialog box, but there is a much faster way. 
For superscript, simply press Ctrl + Shift + + (press and hold Ctrl and Shift, then press +). For subscript, press CTRL + = (press and hold Ctrl, then press =). Pressing the respective shortcut again will get you back to normal text.
A Technology Tip
Handy Keyboard Shortcuts for Typing Superscript or Subscript in Windows
Editor: Dan Pinnington
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Thank you for this.
Just tried it in Outlook and it worked, but only with the + sign on the top row of the keyboard, not with the + sign on the numberpad.
Clevershortcut does not work on Chrome for webmail, all that happens is that the font size increases (as you can see here – I tried it on this page first). I use Virgin and Gmail as webmail. Any other suggestions?
Doesn’t seem to work in excel.. is there another trick to this?