Yes I have managed it now, Suzanne. Need to do some fine tuning in the
formatting though, as the line is a bit low and cuts into the top of the
letter, which I don't want. Once I have figured all that, I reckon I can
autotext it and I should be home and dry.
Cheers, jayno55
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
You should be able to do this in Word 97 and above. In the Insert | Symbol
dialog, scroll to the Combining Diacritical Marks character subset and then
look for the symbol.
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"jayno55" wrote in message
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Thankyou Suzanne. I think I understand the process now, but my version of
Word seems to be too old to get exactly where I'm trying to get to, as it
has
no box into which I can type the glyph reference 030D. I presume I need to
upgrade my version of Word to solve this. Meanwhile I have a friend who is
also interested and he has a new PC and more recent software. We may try
to
sort this on his system first, then, if I may, I will come back to you if
I
have any remaining questions. jayno55 :-)
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The reference to an EQ field is explained in the article I cited,
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm. A macron is a "long
mark," a
short *horizontal* line. You can find the Combining Vertical Line Above
at
glyph 030D (in the Combining Diacritical Marks character subset) as
stated.
If you have Word 2002 or 2003, you can insert is by typing 030D, then
pressing Alt+X.
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"jayno55" wrote in message
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Thanks for quick reply Suzanne (sorry I made an error in sending the
question
twice!). Afraid I don't know what you mean by EQ fields or macrons,
but an
acute accent won't work anyway, I do need a vertical. I have accessed
'Add
features' via my MS2k Office disc to add Ariel Unicode MS to my
system.
But
when I open Insert/Symbol/Ariel Unicode MS I can't find "combining
vertical
line above" in the scroll down 'subset' menu. There is a subset called
"combinging diacritics (symbols)" and another called "combining half
marks"
but neither of these includes a vertical dash. I can see vertical
dashes
(e.g. in 'Box drawing', 'Block elements' and 'Geometric shapes'), but
if I
insert them into a document they simply appear on their own in a
letter
space. I cannot see how to insert them over an actual letter.
Presumably
there is a procedure one uses that I simply don't know about? I'm
also
unfamiliar with terms you use like 030D, or where to find these? Can
you
get
me any further? Appreciate your taking time on this. jayno55 :-)
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm. Note that
Unicode
character 02C9, though not a combining diacritic, works well with an
EQ
\o
field as a macron (though there are several other macron or overbar
characters). Oh, wait, you want a *vertical* dash? Hmm. You're sure
an
acute
accent (character 0301) wouldn't do? I don't think there's anything
in
the
"(normal text)" character set that's going to work. Perhaps 030D in
Arial
Unicode MS (Combining Vertical Line Above)? That won't even require
an
EQ
field.
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"jayno55" wrote in message
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I am involved in typing romanised versions of sanskrit words for
people
who
do chanting of sanskrit verses. When a part of a word is chanted
at a
higher
note than normal this is signified by marking a short vertical
line
(the
equivalent of a vertical 'dash') directly above the given letter.
I
want
to
know how to do this as a Text (superscript?) procedure in Word. I
don't
want
to use Draw as the solution.
I have Word 2000 v.9.0.2720