Google 101: how to format text in Google Docs If you want to use strikethrough, superscript, or subscript, you have to find them first.

As I mentioned, this isn't Google Docs adding full markdown support. Text is converted to Docs' native formatting immediately, meaning there's no way to edit the text in markdown after that.

And there's the ability to create superscript and subscript text using the formatting palette, a feature that's also newly available in Docs.