Excel 2003 exponent issue!

Does anyone know how to type an exponent in xls 2003 ??

I’ve been poking around the standard ribbon and the formatting tools, but I can't find anything specifically for this. The only thing I've found is through the "Symbols" option under the "Insert" menu. I did manage to find a few things in those symbols that look like they might work as exponents, but there are only the numbers 1, 2, and 3—so what am I supposed to do if I need any other digits?
I've spent some time digging around, but I haven't figured out if there's a way to just insert a specific symbol to cover the numbers 4 through 9.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Just click on the cell you want to use, head up to the formula bar, and type something like 2, then hold down AltGr and hit the 3 key, followed by the number you want to raise it to—say, 5... and that cell will spit out 32.

It would look like this: 2^5

Oh, great!👍 I didn't actually mean I wanted that—what I was going for was having a word or a label indexed with a number where the number sits up top as an exponent, rather than down low as a subscript. Hopefully, I’m making more sense now...🙂
For example, if I type "brrr5," I want that 5 to be a superscript!

So, here’s how it looks if you put this in cell A1:
brtz4

Then, if you type something like this into cell B1:
3

...what we’re actually looking for is 3^4...

So, for cell C1, you’d do this:
=POWER(B1,MID(A1,5,1))
The result should be 81!

Basically, you just need the power(base, exponent) function and mid(text, start_num, num_chars)
to get it done!

So, you type out your text, brrr5, but don't hit Enter yet—just stay right there in the cell. If you already moved on, just double-click the cell again to get back into edit mode. Once you're in, just highlight that number "5," head over to the Cells -> format menu -> Cells, and check the box for superscript.

By the way, if you're using Calibri in Vista, it actually handles all those exponents and subscripts just fine. 😬

Kyle Bennett2 said:Just type out your text—say, "brrr5"—but stay in edit mode (don't hit Enter yet. If you already did, just double-click the cell again). Now, highlight just the number "5," head over to the Cells menu bar -> Cells... and check the box for superscript.

By the way, if you're using Calibri from Vista, it actually includes both exponents and subscripts built right in.😬

You're a lifesaver 👍 👍
thanks