Wow! I can't understand the barnhill link--'way to complicated for my old brain! :-) I don't have Works WP so I guess I'll have to do without the macron--and I seriously doubt, even if I could create it, that PAF's notes would accommodate it. If someone could create macron over n in Works, and send it privately in an attachment to LilaGarner@hotmail.com, I'd try to paste it in and see what happens. While I was searching for help, before I wrote to this list, I ran across a Wikipedia entry that says that a macron is used over the letter u in Old German Script, to distinguish u from n. That is not exactly the case: the diacrit over u to distinguish it from n is a Haken, a dip or a cup over the u. Since I'm not experienced in every area of Germany, the macron may be used in some regions that I haven't run across. Thanks for everyone's help. Lila > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:09 -0700 > To: computers@rootsweb.com > From: trogs2@shaw.ca > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Font question > > In Microsoft Works Word Processor click on Insert/Special Character. > With the Symbol tab forward look for the macron on the third line, > ninth column. Click on the macron, then Insert. Close the dialogue > box, then type the letter. It will appear under the macron. > This doesn't work in Microsoft Office Word. > Also, have a look at the link below. I don't understand it, but you might. > > http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm > > 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