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How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
For example, in writing mathematical notation, to designate an average
figure, one places a horizontal bar over the variable name. The same notation is used in linguistics to indicate a phrase at a particular level of analysis. I have need of both of these, but how do I get Word to do it? Thanks for your help, Peyton Todd |
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Answer: How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
Hi Peyton,
To type an overline or overbar in Microsoft Word, you can use the Equation Editor. Here are the steps:
Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + Shift + 7" to insert an overline or overbar. Simply type the variable name or phrase you want to put the overline or overbar over, then press "Ctrl + Shift + 7" to apply the formatting.
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How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... For example, in writing mathematical notation, to designate an average figure, one places a horizontal bar over the variable name. The same notation is used in linguistics to indicate a phrase at a particular level of analysis. I have need of both of these, but how do I get Word to do it? Thanks for your help, Peyton Todd |
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How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
Thanks, Suzanne, you have saved me yet again, even including providing for
the deletion of the space that follows the field, and in the case of a zero with a slash through it, showing me how I can provide a subscript just after it, via the Alt-F9 editing capability you called my attention to. I have just one remaining quibble. No doubt the publisher of my paper can handle this, but why is the slash through the zero properly centered in one of my examples and not in the other? Unfortunately, this forum format does not recognize Word fields, but in the example below, the slash appears more or less in the center of the final 'O' (after 'buried') but too far to the left in the earlier instance (after 'and'). If it matters, I'm using a capital 'O' instead of a zero. She fell and O/i broke her hip vs. She died and they buried O/i) Thanks, Peyton Todd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... For example, in writing mathematical notation, to designate an average figure, one places a horizontal bar over the variable name. The same notation is used in linguistics to indicate a phrase at a particular level of analysis. I have need of both of these, but how do I get Word to do it? Thanks for your help, Peyton Todd . |
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How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
That I don't know--perhaps something to do with kerning--but you don't need
to create a character for Ø, which is already present in most fonts (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...Characters.htm for caveats about reinventing the wheel). The built-in keyboard shortcut for it is Ctrl+/, O (that is, Shift+o). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, you have saved me yet again, even including providing for the deletion of the space that follows the field, and in the case of a zero with a slash through it, showing me how I can provide a subscript just after it, via the Alt-F9 editing capability you called my attention to. I have just one remaining quibble. No doubt the publisher of my paper can handle this, but why is the slash through the zero properly centered in one of my examples and not in the other? Unfortunately, this forum format does not recognize Word fields, but in the example below, the slash appears more or less in the center of the final 'O' (after 'buried') but too far to the left in the earlier instance (after 'and'). If it matters, I'm using a capital 'O' instead of a zero. She fell and O/i broke her hip vs. She died and they buried O/i) Thanks, Peyton Todd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... For example, in writing mathematical notation, to designate an average figure, one places a horizontal bar over the variable name. The same notation is used in linguistics to indicate a phrase at a particular level of analysis. I have need of both of these, but how do I get Word to do it? Thanks for your help, Peyton Todd . |
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How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
Thanks for coming to my rescue once again! I notice you have a web page,
etc., and was pleased to note your connections to Agnes Scott College, where my late aunt graduated, and to Emory, where my late mother graduated, being one of the first crop of 'co-eds' accepted there some time in the 1920's (I think1925 or 1926). -- Peyton Todd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That I don't know--perhaps something to do with kerning--but you don't need to create a character for Ø, which is already present in most fonts (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...Characters.htm for caveats about reinventing the wheel). The built-in keyboard shortcut for it is Ctrl+/, O (that is, Shift+o). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, you have saved me yet again, even including providing for the deletion of the space that follows the field, and in the case of a zero with a slash through it, showing me how I can provide a subscript just after it, via the Alt-F9 editing capability you called my attention to. I have just one remaining quibble. No doubt the publisher of my paper can handle this, but why is the slash through the zero properly centered in one of my examples and not in the other? Unfortunately, this forum format does not recognize Word fields, but in the example below, the slash appears more or less in the center of the final 'O' (after 'buried') but too far to the left in the earlier instance (after 'and'). If it matters, I'm using a capital 'O' instead of a zero. She fell and O/i broke her hip vs. She died and they buried O/i) Thanks, Peyton Todd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... For example, in writing mathematical notation, to designate an average figure, one places a horizontal bar over the variable name. The same notation is used in linguistics to indicate a phrase at a particular level of analysis. I have need of both of these, but how do I get Word to do it? Thanks for your help, Peyton Todd . . |
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How do I type an 'overline' or 'overbar'?
I was hard put to it to remember which of my many Web pages/sites said
anything about either ASC or EU--then recalled that the home page of http://home.earthlink.net/~wordsintotype does mention them. Our family has fairly well covered Atlanta educationally. My husband is a three-time Emory grad, his father was a chemical engineer from Georgia Tech, and our son graduated from Oglethorpe University. And I taught at The Lovett School for three years before going back to grad school. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... Thanks for coming to my rescue once again! I notice you have a web page, etc., and was pleased to note your connections to Agnes Scott College, where my late aunt graduated, and to Emory, where my late mother graduated, being one of the first crop of 'co-eds' accepted there some time in the 1920's (I think1925 or 1926). -- Peyton Todd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That I don't know--perhaps something to do with kerning--but you don't need to create a character for Ø, which is already present in most fonts (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...Characters.htm for caveats about reinventing the wheel). The built-in keyboard shortcut for it is Ctrl+/, O (that is, Shift+o). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, you have saved me yet again, even including providing for the deletion of the space that follows the field, and in the case of a zero with a slash through it, showing me how I can provide a subscript just after it, via the Alt-F9 editing capability you called my attention to. I have just one remaining quibble. No doubt the publisher of my paper can handle this, but why is the slash through the zero properly centered in one of my examples and not in the other? Unfortunately, this forum format does not recognize Word fields, but in the example below, the slash appears more or less in the center of the final 'O' (after 'buried') but too far to the left in the earlier instance (after 'and'). If it matters, I'm using a capital 'O' instead of a zero. She fell and O/i broke her hip vs. She died and they buried O/i) Thanks, Peyton Todd "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peyton Todd" wrote in message ... For example, in writing mathematical notation, to designate an average figure, one places a horizontal bar over the variable name. The same notation is used in linguistics to indicate a phrase at a particular level of analysis. I have need of both of these, but how do I get Word to do it? Thanks for your help, Peyton Todd . . |
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