Two-key start-end workaround:
- Press
F8
(to switch to Extending selection mode)¹
- Press
Ctrl+Shift+B
²
- Type the subscript numbers
- Press
F8
(to return to Standard selection mode)
Three-key workaround (this way you don’t need to remember to get out of Extending selection mode):
- “Select nothing” (that is: hold
Shift
and press Left Arrow
and Right Arrow
, or Right Arrow
and Left Arrow
)³
- Press
Ctrl+Shift+B
²
- Type the subscript numbers
¹ Or choose Extending selection in the status bar.
² Or the shortcut for the desired text format.
³ Up Arrow
and Down Arrow
, or Down Arrow
and Up Arrow
, will work if not in the first or last line (respectively) of the document.
Tested with LibreOffice 7.0.6.2 (x64); OS: Windows 10.0.
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