is there a way to overstrike characters in excel

R

Rod Behr

Select the cell in question (or, within the cell, the text you wish to
strikethrough).

Select Format, Cells. Check the "Strikethrough" check box. Hit Okay.

Rgds

Rod
 
G

Gary Rowe

I don't mean "strikethrough". I mean to have a character typed on top of
another character so that they are combined into one. In MS word it's
referred to as overstriking.
 
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Andy Brown

I don't mean "strikethrough". I mean to have a character typed on top of
another character so that they are combined into one. In MS word it's
referred to as overstriking.
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It's not covered in MOS, it's not in Word Help, Googling suggests it can't
be done per se. Where did you hear it referred to as overstriking in Word?

Perhaps you're trying to combine 2 characters so the result looks like
something else. In a blank sheet,

=CHAR(ROW())

in A1 & copied down to A255 will show some special characters you can
access. Forex, use ALT+0216 for the character the above gets you in A216
(NB - type "0216" on the number keypad).

If this doesn't cover it, post more details.

Rgds,
Andy
 
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LindaM

The term 'Overstriking' dates from manual typing days, where you'd type,
backspace and type again. The only way I know to do it in Excel is to use two
textboxes, remove fill and line and type a different character in box. Use
Draw: 'Align or Distribute' to place the boxes on top of each other. Then
use Draw: 'Group' to tie the textboxes together.
Cumbersome, but if that's what you want....
 
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