Is it possible to insert a special character such as the Latin
Small Letter N with Tilde except with a BAR over the letter,
like a Macron, instead of the Tilde? If so, how?
Bill, there is an equation editor that comes with Word, but it's
not installed by default. First, check to see if it's installed.
Open Word, and in the Insert menu, click on Object. If "Microsoft
Equation" is listed there, Equation Editor is installed. If it's
not listed, follow these steps to install it...
Close Word. Put the Office X CD in your drive and double-click on
Value Pack. Double-click on Value Pack Installer, check the box
next to Equation Editor, and click Continue.
Instructions for using Equation Editor are in the Equation Editor
Help file, but here's how to get the n-bar you asked about...
With the cursor at the point in your document where you want the
n-bar to appear, click Insert > Object > Microsoft Equation. With
Equation Editor open, the first thing to do is set the fonts and
sizes to be the same as they are in your Word document. In
Equation Editor's Style menu, choose Define. Set these styles to
the same font as your Word doc: Text, Functions, Variables,
Matrix-Vector, and Numbers. Make sure the others are set to
Symbol font (L.C. Greek, U.C. Greek, and Symbols). Click OK.
Click on Size > Define and set the Full size to the same as your
text size in your Word document. (If you don't type a unit --
like pt, px, in, etc. -- the default is pt.) I recommend setting
the other sizes to percentage values. That way if you ever need
to change your Equation Editor sizes, all you'll need to change
will be the Full size. Set the other sizes to 58%, 42%, 150%, and
100%, in that order. (Be sure to type the % symbol.) Click OK.
Now we're ready to type the n-bar. In the Equation Editor
workspace, type an n. To get the bar, go to the "Primes, dots,
hats, and other accents" palette, which is the third from the
left on the top row. (Notice when you point to something in
Equation Editor's palette bar, its description is shown in
Equation Editor's "Status Bar", which is the bottom of the EE
window.) Click the Primes, dots, hats, and other accents palette
so that it expands. You'll see several "embellishments" shown
applied to vertical gray rectangles. These rectangles represent a
character that's already been typed -- in this case, your "n".
The bar embellishment is the fourth from the top in the first
column. Click it and the bar will be applied to the n. If you
need additional embellishments (like if you needed n-prime-bar),
just click another one. Note that none of these embellishments
will apply to more than one character. If you need a bar over
more than one character (to represent, for example, "line segment
AB"), those are in the "Underbar and overbar templates" palette,
which is the sixth from the left on the second row. These work a
little differently from the embellishments. You first click the
template, then type whatever you want inside, then press the Tab
key to exit the template and continue your expression.
The best way to learn how to use EE is to use the Help file to
get started, then use it to create a few equations. You'll learn
by doing.
This was long, but I'm sure it'll help. If not you, then someone
else.
--
Bob Mathews (e-mail address removed)
Director of Training 830-990-9699
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