To achieve this you: Highlight the character you want to change (click in the cell and highlight the 2 in the example below) Click on the Font Expander (or you can push CTRL 1 for the shortcut) Choose the Superscript option and click OK. So after pressing the ALT key and Char, you have to check for the Font Style. Note: Weddings, Wingdings & Arial are the FONT style. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear. While the Alt key is pressed, type the sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) from the Alt code in the below table.