Inserting macrons in Word

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Does anyone know how to insert macrons in Word, eg a horizonal line above a vowel?

 

[Guest]

Hi Michelle

I don't know of a way to insert that over an existing letter. I think you'll need to use a version of the letter that already has the macron above it. Go to Insert -> Symbol. Looks like all the vowels with macrons are there

HTH
Andrew Savika


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Does anyone know how to insert macrons in Word, eg a horizonal line above a vowel?

 

[Jezebel]

You can use EQ fields: { EQ \o(a,¯) } -- note that not all fonts have the
horizontal line glyph. Might be better to hunt around for a font that has
all the characters you need.

Does anyone know how to insert macrons in Word, eg a horizonal line above

a vowel?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Andrew and Jezebel have pointed out, although you can use an EQ \o
(overstrike) or EQ \x (box) field to put an overbar or top border over any
font character, a better way to insert vowels with macrons is to use the
specific font glyphs intended for this purpose. They are Unicode characters
0101 (a), 0113 (e), 012B (i), 014D (o), and 016B (u). You can find these
characters in the Windows core fonts (Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New)
and many other Unicode fonts.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Does anyone know how to insert macrons in Word, eg a horizonal line above

a vowel?