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Creates a smaller character toward the bottom-right of the starting place. Rather than writing \"H2O\" you could use this command to make the \"2' appear smaller as it normally does when we write the chemical formula for water by hand.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.Text 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"fe02bedd-5652-436a-80a6-9133cc5f13b7"}]},{"position":{"x":34.32494279176201,"y":28.610131048387093},"alwaysFullscreen":false,"header":"Superscript","content":[{"params":{"text":"

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Affects which lines appear in tables, but can also be used within documents. Applyin a \"bottom\" border beneath a heading is a simple way to visually separates parts of a document. Notice that, unlike an underline, this will extend beyond the last word on the line.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.Text 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"68c66daa-f862-4a81-aeb3-58f7e6748760"},{"params":{"contentName":"Image","file":{"path":"images\/file-5f04b606058cc.png","mime":"image\/png","copyright":{"license":"U"},"width":620,"height":122},"alt":"Unlike an underline, the border extends between margins even where there is no text."},"library":"H5P.Image 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Image","license":"U","title":"Untitled Image"},"subContentId":"4dc9ac24-38f3-4e33-b3b6-d5260e4fc28e"}]},{"position":{"x":48.51258581235698,"y":33.75756048387097},"alwaysFullscreen":false,"header":"Font Settings","content":[{"params":{"text":"

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Word 2019: Identification of the commands in the font and paragraph groups

Scott Tanaka