You actually don't need an overstrike field for this character. Instead,
insert Unicode glyph 0113 (Latin small letter e with macron), then 0301
(combining acute accent). This will actually look better than your scanned
example.

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"Kuko" wrote in message
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Hi. I don't if this is the right newsgroup for this, but anyway...

I need to transcribe some greek words, and I want to combine two
characters from Times New Roman. I know that there are fonts which
have that particular character, but I want it on TNR.

The character is an "e" with a dash over it then an accent over it. I
scanned it from a book. You can see the scan with the character I'm
trying to combine with the accent at the following URL:

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6634/psiche3us.png

I'm trying to do it as described at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

The problem is that the overstrike doesn't work, no matter which
characters I'm trying to combine. I insert the field then select
Equations and the "\o (a,b)" thing ('a' and 'b' being mere examples),
then when I switch off the field view in the document, Word displays
"a,b" instead of combining the characters. The "a,b" string is grayed,
so it continues being a field. I'm using Word from Office 2000
Premium, if it matters (I have Office XP, but I prefer Office 2000
because of the silly look of Office XP).

So what is happening? Why is Word refusing tot combine the
characters?

TIA

Alt+0xxx works only for ASCII characters. Unicode characters (anything above
0255) must be inserted a different way. You can insert them from the Insert
Symbol dialog or using 0113, Alt+X, and 0301, Alt+X. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

Without seeing the syntax of the EQ \o field you're actually using, I can't
tell you why it's not working, but if you're in Europe, you may need to use
a semicolon between the characters instead of a comma.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Kuko" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:36:43 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

You actually don't need an overstrike field for this character. Instead,
insert Unicode glyph 0113 (Latin small letter e with macron), then 0301
(combining acute accent). This will actually look better than your
scanned
example.

Thank you for your reply, Suzanne. I'm afraid I don't know how to do
what you describe. I tried typing "Alt+0113" and got a "q", and with
"Alt+0301" I've got a "-". How can I insert such glyphs?

I like this solution better than the overstrike field one, but
anyway, why dos overstrike field doesn't work in my Word?
TIA

Yes, I believe the Alt+X shortcut was introduced in Word 2002, and
unfortunately Word's Help on fields (or generally) is not always outstanding
even in the English-language version; translated versions suffer even more
from being rushed into production.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Kuko" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:30:14 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote:

Alt+0xxx works only for ASCII characters. Unicode characters (anything
above
0255) must be inserted a different way. You can insert them from the
Insert
Symbol dialog or using 0113, Alt+X, and 0301, Alt+X. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

I've done it. Thank you very much. Very nice. The Alt-X thing
doesn't work. The text on the URL you provided talks about Word 2002,
so I guess my Word 2000 can't do it. Anyway, I'm quite happy. Thanks,
again.

Without seeing the syntax of the EQ \o field you're actually using, I
can't
tell you why it's not working, but if you're in Europe, you may need to
use
a semicolon between the characters instead of a comma.

Yes. That was the problem. I'm using the spanish version of Office
2000. The help about the \o switch, however, still talks about commas,
not semicolons. This may be a mistake.

Regards.