Overstrike e with a -? (Word 2002)

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I need to create an “e” with an overstruck “_”. Like a long e. (a little line over the letter e). If it’s already in the symbols, I can’t find it. Tried overstriking with Ctrl+_,e but it doesn’t work. then tried the EQ field code, but the underscore character shows up below the e instead of over it and the hyphen goes through the center.

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Take a look at this thread for more commentary.

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Hi,

Try the field {QUOTE 275}, where the braces are created via Ctrl-F9, then press F9 to update. That’ll give you

Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

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The Quote field works. Tried to research the field for better understanding but don’t have a clue why it works. What is 275? Thanks so much for your help.

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It works because 275 is the decimal value of this character in Unicode. You can get the same result by typing 113 followed by Alt-X. This is because 113 is the hexadecimal equivalent of 275 and Alt-X does the conversion from Hexadecimal to Unicode.

If you find the character in Insert Symbol then it will tell you the correct number to use next time…

StuartR

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It works because 275 is the decimal value of this character in Unicode. You can get the same result by typing 113 followed by Alt-X. This is because 113 is the hexadecimal equivalent of 275 and Alt-X does the conversion from Hexadecimal to Unicode.

If you find the character in Insert Symbol then it will tell you the correct number to use next time…

StuartR

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The Quote field works. Tried to research the field for better understanding but don’t have a clue why it works. What is 275? Thanks so much for your help.

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Hi,

Try the field {QUOTE 275}, where the braces are created via Ctrl-F9, then press F9 to update. That’ll give you

Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

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Although it’s of little relevance, I believe the “overbar” symbol you are referring to is called “macron”…

It even appeared on IBM mainframe UK keyboards, if I remember correctly!

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Although it’s of little relevance, I believe the “overbar” symbol you are referring to is called “macron”…

It even appeared on IBM mainframe UK keyboards, if I remember correctly!

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Thanks for all of the information. I now have my symbol and am much smarter. This is a great place!

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