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WordPerfect Overstrike Equivalent
WordPerfect has a typesetting function "overstrike", which you use to put one
character on top of another eg X over O or H A over W . Is there a similar function in Word (XP or 2000)?. I am trying to get our most stubborn secretary to use word she is constantly telling me it isn't as good as wordperfect (Ha) and she is being very stubborn about the move I just need to prove we can do it. |
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Nigel Greensitt wrote:
WordPerfect has a typesetting function "overstrike", which you use to put one character on top of another eg X over O or H A over W . Is there a similar function in Word (XP or 2000)?. I am trying to get our most stubborn secretary to use word she is constantly telling me it isn't as good as wordperfect (Ha) and she is being very stubborn about the move I just need to prove we can do it. Word does overstrikes with a variant of the EQ field. See the discussion of the EQ \O (overstrike) field at http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Overbar.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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There is also an example of overstrike and text effects to create an
offset overstrike he http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm |
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Thanks for that Jay,
I just needed the start, a search for overstrike in help turned up nothing! Unfortunately Earthlink is redlisted within our firewall, so couldn't see your example. I have created a bit of VB with 2 input boxes so she can now type whole sentences in and overstrike the whole thing, if that isn't an improvement then I don't know what is! Thanks Nigel |
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Look in Word's Help for the topic "Field codes: EQ (Equation) field." The
switch you're interested in is the \o (Overstrike) switch. And FWIW I think it absurd that your firewall is blocking EarthLink (which happens to be my ISP, and I am the author of the article to which Jay referred you). -- 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. "Nigel Greensitt" wrote in message ... Thanks for that Jay, I just needed the start, a search for overstrike in help turned up nothing! Unfortunately Earthlink is redlisted within our firewall, so couldn't see your example. I have created a bit of VB with 2 input boxes so she can now type whole sentences in and overstrike the whole thing, if that isn't an improvement then I don't know what is! Thanks Nigel |
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Does this secretary work for you or do you work for her?
Word is different from WordPerfect, but there is very few things that one can do that the other can't - and this is certainly not one of them. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nigel Greensitt wrote: WordPerfect has a typesetting function "overstrike", which you use to put one character on top of another eg X over O or H A over W . Is there a similar function in Word (XP or 2000)?. I am trying to get our most stubborn secretary to use word she is constantly telling me it isn't as good as wordperfect (Ha) and she is being very stubborn about the move I just need to prove we can do it. |
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