Type 0125 and press Alt+X to get ĥ .
Type 0177 and press Alt+X to get ŷ .

Trev wrote:

I can do the CTRL+SHIFT+(^) to put a caret on a vowel, but I would like to
put a caret on a y and an h. can it be done without using equation editor ??

The reason I'm asking is because when you put just one letter in a paragraph
with equ. editor, it messes up the line spacing.

Thanks,
Trev