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