How do I type a capital letter "S" with a line above it?

[Guest]

Hi,
I'm taking a logic class and need to find out how to type a special
character read as "S bar" that consists of a capital "S" with a line above
it. Can anyone help me? I've searched everywhere online, but I can't find
anything.

Best,
Amanda

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

One way is to use an S followed by an Advance field, followed by _.

For example:

S{ADVANCE \l7\u14}_

where the braces are created by pressing Ctrl+F9, produces an S with a bar
above it in 12 point type here. You'd probably need to experiment with the
\l (left) and \u (up) point values to acheive the effect you want.

The ADVANCE field is used to precisely position the character that follows
it. In this case, it moves the _ character back 7 points, and up 14 points,
positioning it over the S.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

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Words into Type
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[Guest]

Thank you for the quick response. I've tried to use this like you said, and I
can get the little brackets to come up and everhthing, but after I hit shift
+ _ nothing happens. I tried pressing enter, but again nothing. Mine looks
exactly like yours. Is there something I am leaving out? I also tried it
using the other way that Mrs. Barnhill recommended, but it leaves a gray box
behind it. That way does work. But is there any way to get rid of the gray
box?

Again thank you for your responses.

Amanda

 

[Guest]

Mrs. Barnhill,

Is there any way to get rid of the gray box once the text appears within the
field code?

Thank you so much for your quick response earlier. I had been searching for
a few days with no luck.

Amanda

 

[Graham Mayor]

The grey box is a non printing field indicator. You can turn off the display
from tools > options > view > field shading. Set to 'when selected' is a
good compromise.

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