"Latin small letter x with macron" in Excel

O

Opinicus

{Excel 2002. All updates in place.)

How do I enter a "Latin small letter x with macron"? (A small x with a bar
over it.) From Insert > Symbol it seems I can enter letters with macrons for
just about every character *except* x.
 
Z

Zone

Can't find it either. Weird! It seems it's being intentionally skipped.
Maybe there is a special font available that has it. Otherwise, I can't
think of a solution other than drawing in the bar with the drawing toolbar.
 
R

Ron Rosenfeld

{Excel 2002. All updates in place.)

How do I enter a "Latin small letter x with macron"? (A small x with a bar
over it.) From Insert > Symbol it seems I can enter letters with macrons for
just about every character *except* x.

You can enter it either as a custom font character, or as an object.

There is the Private Character Editor supplied with Windows.
You can create custom characters with it and make them part
of one or more fonts.
In "Run" enter: eudcedit.exe
You will have to read the help file.

OR

You can use Microsoft's Equation Editor;

From the main menu bar:
Insert/Object
Create New
Microsoft Equation 3.0

Then type <x> <ctrl-shift-hyphen>

You may want to format the object as <no line> when you get back to the main
worksheet.
--ron
 
O

Opinicus

Ron Rosenfeld said:
You can use Microsoft's Equation Editor;

From the main menu bar:
Insert/Object
Create New
Microsoft Equation 3.0
Then type <x> <ctrl-shift-hyphen>
You may want to format the object as <no line> when you get back to the
main
worksheet.

That's exactly what I wanted. Thanks!
 

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