2 deleted 16 characters in body edited Apr 2 '17 at 20:20 Melanie Shebel♦ 3,50077 gold badges3535 silver badges7373 bronze badges AnswerThe answer mentioned above is correct but there is a also a shortcut builtinbuilt in which is math auto correctautocorrect. It is much like LaTeX. By default itsit's inactive but you can activate it and is really helpful if you want to write big equations. For egexample, if you want to type H2 than$$\ce{H2}$$H then you just have to type H_2 etc and manyH_2. Many more options are available like for. For example, if you want a superscript character following, the caret (^) sign will be converted as superscript. Many such shortcuts are covered in this video these videos or you can simply search for How to insert mathematical equation (like LaTeX) in Ms-Office: Tips and tricks on youtubeHow to insert mathematical equation (like LaTeX) in Ms-Office: Tips and tricks on YouTube. This method These methods will be especially helpful if you are a fast at typing. Moreover, it will save your time which is lost while switching between keyboard and mouse and searching proper option in wordWord. Answer mentioned above is correct but there is a also shortcut builtin which is math auto correct. It is much like LaTeX. By default its inactive but you can activate it and is really helpful if you want to write big equations. For eg if you want to type H2 than you just have to type H_2 etc and many more options are available like for superscript character following caret (^) sign will be converted as superscript. Many such shortcuts are covered in this video or you can simply search for How to insert mathematical equation (like LaTeX) in Ms-Office: Tips and tricks on youtube. This method will be especially helpful if you are a fast at typing. Moreover it will save your time which is lost while switching between keyboard and mouse and searching proper option in word. The answer mentioned above is correct but there is also a shortcut built in which is math autocorrect. It is much like LaTeX. By default it's inactive but you can activate it and is really helpful if you want to write big equations. For example, if you want to type $$\ce{H2}$$H then you just have to type H_2. Many more options are available. For example, if you want a superscript character, the caret (^) sign will be converted as superscript. Many such shortcuts are covered in these videos or you can simply search for How to insert mathematical equation (like LaTeX) in Ms-Office: Tips and tricks on YouTube. These methods will be especially helpful if you are a fast at typing. Moreover, it will save your time which is lost while switching between keyboard and mouse and searching proper option in Word. 1 answered Oct 13 '14 at 15:48 Prakash Gupta 4111 bronze badge Answer mentioned above is correct but there is a also shortcut builtin which is math auto correct. It is much like LaTeX. By default its inactive but you can activate it and is really helpful if you want to write big equations. For eg if you want to type H2 than you just have to type H_2 etc and many more options are available like for superscript character following caret (^) sign will be converted as superscript. Many such shortcuts are covered in this video or you can simply search for How to insert mathematical equation (like LaTeX) in Ms-Office: Tips and tricks on youtube. This method will be especially helpful if you are a fast at typing. Moreover it will save your time which is lost while switching between keyboard and mouse and searching proper option in word.