[BigDaddyCool]

I am trying to type a character with a bar over it in MS Word (Times New
Roman, 12-point font). I know that you can go Insert -- Field, click on "Eq"
and insert a Field that looks like this: EQ \O(x,¯)

This works OK with small characters like x and n, but if I want, for
example, an M-complement, the bar is not wide enough to stretch the entire
length of the M character. I know that I can expand the width of the
character in the Format -- Font -- Character Spacing menu, but for some
reason when expanded, the width of the overbar character does not change like
it should.

Can anybody show me an adequate solution for this?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm for other methods.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"BigDaddyCool" wrote in message
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I am trying to type a character with a bar over it in MS Word (Times New
Roman, 12-point font). I know that you can go Insert -- Field, click on
"Eq"
and insert a Field that looks like this: EQ \O(x,¯)

This works OK with small characters like x and n, but if I want, for
example, an M-complement, the bar is not wide enough to stretch the entire
length of the M character. I know that I can expand the width of the
character in the Format -- Font -- Character Spacing menu, but for some
reason when expanded, the width of the overbar character does not change
like
it should.

Can anybody show me an adequate solution for this?