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how do I put a macron (-) over letters of the alphabet?
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Not all the letters of the alphabet in the "Insert symbol" function are
available with macrons (-) over them... is there a method of inserting a
macron over any letter of the alphabet in a similar manner in which one
would, say, type CTRL + ATL +' to insert an acute accent over "e"?
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- Try Ctrl+Shift+~, then press the letter. There is a great MVP paper on this
at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...SpecChars.htm.
See KB Article 269750 for other details, including references to the Visual
Keyboard. Note that this may be for Word 2000 but it works in later
versions as well.
"Covadairia" <Covadairia.ms-word.itags.org.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Not all the letters of the alphabet in the "Insert symbol" function are
> available with macrons (-) over them... is there a method of inserting a
> macron over any letter of the alphabet in a similar manner in which one
> would, say, type CTRL + ATL +' to insert an acute accent over "e"?
#1; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:06:00 GMT
- See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm .
Covadairia wrote:
> Not all the letters of the alphabet in the "Insert symbol" function are
> available with macrons (-) over them... is there a method of inserting a
> macron over any letter of the alphabet in a similar manner in which one
> would, say, type CTRL + ATL +' to insert an acute accent over "e"?
#2; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:07:00 GMT
- "Joe McGuire" <mcguirejw.ms-word.itags.org.REMOVECAPScomcast.net> wrote
> Try Ctrl+Shift+~, then press the letter.
Actually that gives you a squiggle over the letter, not a macron.
Bob
#3; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:08:00 GMT
- The "squiggle" is called a tilde.
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Opinicus" <gezgin.ms-word.itags.org.spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> "Joe McGuire" <mcguirejw.ms-word.itags.org.REMOVECAPScomcast.net> wrote
>
> Actually that gives you a squiggle over the letter, not a macron.
> --
> Bob
>
#4; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:09:00 GMT