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I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter s?
I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my
symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I create such new symbols? Thank you!! |
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Answer: I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter s?
Hi there! I'd be happy to help you create new symbols in Microsoft Word.
To add a dot underneath the letter "s" (or any other letter), you can use the Equation feature in Word. Here's how:
This should create a dot underneath the letter "s". You can adjust the size and position of the dot by clicking on it and dragging it to the desired location. To save this symbol for future use, you can click on the Equation button again and choose "Save Selection to Equation Gallery". Give your symbol a name and click "OK". Now you can easily insert it into your document by clicking on the Equation button and choosing your saved symbol from the "Equation Gallery" section. I hope this helps you create the symbols you need for your transliteration!
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I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter s?
Hi amira,
Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you. An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which you can combine characters. For example: Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 } places . under Z. Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot and assign them to key-combinations. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "amira" wrote: I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I create such new symbols? Thank you!! |
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I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter s?
The Cardo font (free download from the medieval typography crowd) has them.
Or you can use an EQ field to superimpose any two characters: {EQ \o (t,.) } You'll need to lower the dot or raise the letter, or both, (Format Font Character position) to make it work. Have created the field, set it up as a AutoText so you can use it repeatedly. "amira" wrote in message ... I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I create such new symbols? Thank you!! |
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I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter s?
The characters you want are present in Arial Unicode as 1E0D (d), 1E63 (s),
1E6D (t), and 1E93 (z). Uppercase versions are also available. If you don't want to use a different font, you can create these characters by combining the letter with a period (full stop) or "middle dot" (00B7) using the EQ \o field (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm). There is a "combining dot below" in "(normal text)" at 0323, but it is very small and doesn't seem to center very well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "amira" wrote in message ... I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I create such new symbols? Thank you!! |
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I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter
Hi Cooz,
Thanks so much for your response. I tried what you suggested but when the letters appears with the dot, it says "ADVANCE" after the letter in the text. How can I get rid of the "ADVANCE" and just have the letter? Thank you very much. I appreciate your help. Amira "Cooz" wrote: Hi amira, Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you. An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which you can combine characters. For example: Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 } places . under Z. Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot and assign them to key-combinations. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "amira" wrote: I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I create such new symbols? Thank you!! |
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I need a new symbol: How do I put a dot underneath the letter
You need to used fields (ctrl-F9) not curly brackets entered from the
keyboard. "amira" wrote in message ... Hi Cooz, Thanks so much for your response. I tried what you suggested but when the letters appears with the dot, it says "ADVANCE" after the letter in the text. How can I get rid of the "ADVANCE" and just have the letter? Thank you very much. I appreciate your help. Amira "Cooz" wrote: Hi amira, Of course you can always search the internet for fonts that suit you. An alternative is using ADVANCE fields (Insert | Field...), with which you can combine characters. For example: Z{ ADVANCE \l 6 \d 5 }.{ ADVANCE \r 6 \u 5 } places . under Z. Copy your assembled characters to AutoText-fragments in your Normal.dot and assign them to key-combinations. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "amira" wrote: I need to transliterate from Arabic and don't have the letters I need in my symbols. I need the letters s, d, t, and z with a dot underneath. How can I create such new symbols? Thank you!! |
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I find that the simplest way is to insert it from the symbol menu. click "Insert", then "Symbol", then "More symbols", A dialogue box with symbols will pop up. Look for 'subset', on that menu, scroll up or down to select Latin Extended Additional. You are there. you can now scroll up or down to the letter you need. all the letters with dot bellow or above are there.
As you select a letter, the dialogue box gives you the shortcut ALT code I hope that helps. Nziwa |
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