Aha! It works--but I can't do anything with it after I have it. I can put an A before it, but the a that I type after it is a space away: An a. Works perfectly for Nieman. Pasting in to PAF's notes leaves the 'doctored' letter out completely. Some things are simply not possible, I guess. But I will certainly keep the directions on hand for future reference. Thanks to Everyone!!!! Lila ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:43:36 -0700 > To: computers@rootsweb.com > From: trogs2@shaw.ca > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Font question > > I just found these instructions on another > website. It works in Office Word. Make sure to put in the three spaces. > > "Ctl-F9 will turn on the equation editor, which give you editable brackets. > Type in { eq \o(x,¯) } , it makes no difference > if these can be Captials; there is a space > between the q and the \. Do a shift-F9, which > will toggle between your equation brackets and > the symbol. The ‘o’ is the letter O to make an > overstrike. You can italicize the x, the bar is macron under Arial." > > Joan > > > > > At 09:20 AM 26/07/2009, you wrote: > >>Is there any font or keyboard action that will >>create a macron over a letter? I found Maori >>font directions, but that won't work for me. >> >> >> >>I work with old German records--the year in >>question is 1736, but this practice spreads over >>a long period of time: when the scribe writes >>"Ana" he makes a line over the n, which creates >>a double-n, and the person's name is Anna. >>Another example: Nieman with a line over the final n, meaning Niemann. >> >> >> >>While n seems to be the most common, other >>letters are also written with the macron or >>line, so I need to figure out how to make that double line over any letter. >> >> >> >>What I really would like is an alphabet, the >>line over each letter, that I can keep on my >>desktop and copy and paste when needed. I'm not >>very adept at downloading and installing things >>and figuring out how to make them work. >> >> >> >>Thanks for any help. >> >> >> >>Lila >> >> >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >>Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >>email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the >>word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >>subject and the body of the message >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: >>270.13.31/2264 - Release Date: 07/26/09 11:07:00 > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message