See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm for instructions on using
the EQ \o (overstrike) field to achieve this.

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Words into Type
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"Christa Heyting" Christa wrote in
message ...
In statistics, estimates of parameter values are indicated by a letter
representing the parameter, with a circumflex accent. However, I found
that
Word does not place circumflex accents onto letters representing
consonants.
Why is this, and how to circumvent this problem?