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Tony Jollans
 
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Default Tilde over X

Unfortunately you can't quite do X0303, Alt+x because the Alt+x shortcut
only works on what Word considers a word and it fails to translate X0303.

What you can do is (space)0303, Alt+x and then carefully select the space
and overtype it with X.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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The Ctrl+Shift+~ won't work with X because there is no single character in
the font that combines an X and a tilde.

In the Overbar article, look at Figure 8 and the paragraph that precedes

it
("If you find that the overbar is too high or low to display

properly...").

Another alternative is a different tilde character from the "combining
diacritical marks" part of the Unicode fonts. If you have Word 2002 or

2003,
first type
X0303
and then press Alt+X. The 0303 is the code number for the combining tilde,
which will automatically appear over the X.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Barb Reinhardt wrote:
I'd like to type a X with a tilde over it and have had no success.
I've tried CTRL SHIFT ~ and n and don't have a problem, but when I
enter X instead, nothing. I've also tried using the field codes
listed here

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

But the tilde is not above the X, it's through the middle of it.

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Barb Reinhardt