Macro with .subscript = FALSE doesn't change the text format

NiMip

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Hi there, pretty new to macros and VBA, but I'm fairly confident this is strange behaviour.

I wrote a little macro to toggle the last letter of the selected cell to superscript, to help make m^2 easier to format. I've pasted it below and it works perfectly.
Only thing is, I went to do the same for subscript, also pasted below, and it'll turn it to subscript but won't turn it back to normal again. It's like subscript = FALSE behaves differently to .superscript = FALSE. Anyone got an idea why?
Cheers!



Sub SuperScrLastChar()
'Turn last character in string to superscript​
With Selection.Characters(Start:=Len(ActiveCell.Value), Length:=1).Font​
If .Superscript = False Then​
.Superscript = True​
Else​
.Superscript = False​
End If​
End With​
End Sub


Sub SubScrLastChar()
' Turn last character in string to subscript

With Selection.Characters(Start:=Len(ActiveCell.Value), Length:=1).Font
If .Subscript = False Then​
.Subscript = True​
Else​
.Subscript = False​
End If​
End With​
End Sub
 

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That's a weird quirk and no idea why; there seems to be some issue with the Superscript property, despite being Subscript you're trying to undo.

Found this solution by trial and error, that does toggle the Subscript property on/off. Curious to see other comments to this thread for explanation:
Rich (BB code):
Sub SubScrLastChar()
' Turn last character in string to subscript
With Selection.Characters(start:=Len(ActiveCell.Value), Length:=1).Font
    If .Subscript = False Then
        .Subscript = True
    Else
        .Subscript = False
        .Superscript = False
    End If
End With
End Sub
 
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