Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a line above
it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online, but I can't find
anything.

Best,
Amanda

One way is to use an S followed by an Advance field, followed by _.

For example:

S{ADVANCE \l7\u14}_

where the braces are created by pressing Ctrl+F9, produces an S with a bar
above it in 12 point type here. You'd probably need to experiment with the
\l (left) and \u (up) point values to acheive the effect you want.

The ADVANCE field is used to precisely position the character that follows
it. In this case, it moves the _ character back 7 points, and up 14 points,
positioning it over the S.


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"Kherisma" wrote in message
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Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a line above
it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online, but I can't find
anything.

Best,
Amanda

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Kherisma" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a line above
it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online, but I can't find
anything.

Best,
Amanda

Thank you for the quick response. I've tried to use this like you said, and I
can get the little brackets to come up and everhthing, but after I hit shift
+ _ nothing happens. I tried pressing enter, but again nothing. Mine looks
exactly like yours. Is there something I am leaving out? I also tried it
using the other way that Mrs. Barnhill recommended, but it leaves a gray box
behind it. That way does work. But is there any way to get rid of the gray
box?

Again thank you for your responses.

Amanda

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

One way is to use an S followed by an Advance field, followed by _.

For example:

S{ADVANCE \l7\u14}_

where the braces are created by pressing Ctrl+F9, produces an S with a bar
above it in 12 point type here. You'd probably need to experiment with the
\l (left) and \u (up) point values to acheive the effect you want.

The ADVANCE field is used to precisely position the character that follows
it. In this case, it moves the _ character back 7 points, and up 14 points,
positioning it over the S.


--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"Kherisma" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a line above
it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online, but I can't find
anything.

Best,
Amanda

Mrs. Barnhill,

Is there any way to get rid of the gray box once the text appears within the
field code?

Thank you so much for your quick response earlier. I had been searching for
a few days with no luck.

Amanda

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

--
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.

"Kherisma" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a line above
it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online, but I can't find
anything.

Best,
Amanda

The grey box is a non printing field indicator. You can turn off the display
from tools options view field shading. Set to 'when selected' is a
good compromise.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kherisma wrote:
Mrs. Barnhill,

Is there any way to get rid of the gray box once the text appears
within the field code?

Thank you so much for your quick response earlier. I had been
searching for a few days with no luck.

Amanda

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

--
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.

"Kherisma" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a
line above it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online,
but I can't find anything.

Best,
Amanda