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To make a short vowel symbol above a vowel in Microsoft Word, follow these steps:

1. Place your cursor where you want to insert the short vowel symbol.
2. Click on the "Insert" tab in the top menu.
3. Click on "Symbol" in the "Symbols" section of the menu.
4. Select "More Symbols" at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
5. In the "Symbol" tab, select "Latin-1 Supplement" from the "Subset" drop-down menu.
6. Scroll down until you find the short vowel symbol you want to use (e.g. ă, Ä•, Ä*, Å�, Å*).
7. Double-click on the symbol to insert it into your document.

Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts to insert the short vowel symbols. For example, to insert the symbol for "ă", you can hold down the "Ctrl" and "Shift" keys while typing "a". This will insert the symbol above the letter "a". You can use the same method for the other short vowel symbols.