Overstrike not working

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Kuko

Hi. I don't if this is the right newsgroup for this, but anyway...

I need to transcribe some greek words, and I want to combine two
characters from Times New Roman. I know that there are fonts which
have that particular character, but I want it on TNR.

The character is an "e" with a dash over it then an accent over it. I
scanned it from a book. You can see the scan with the character I'm
trying to combine with the accent at the following URL:

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6634/psiche3us.png

I'm trying to do it as described at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

The problem is that the overstrike doesn't work, no matter which
characters I'm trying to combine. I insert the field then select
Equations and the "\o (a,b)" thing ('a' and 'b' being mere examples),
then when I switch off the field view in the document, Word displays
"a,b" instead of combining the characters. The "a,b" string is grayed,
so it continues being a field. I'm using Word from Office 2000
Premium, if it matters (I have Office XP, but I prefer Office 2000
because of the silly look of Office XP).

So what is happening? Why is Word refusing tot combine the
characters?

TIA
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

You actually don't need an overstrike field for this character. Instead,
insert Unicode glyph 0113 (Latin small letter e with macron), then 0301
(combining acute accent). This will actually look better than your scanned
example.
 
K

Kuko

You actually don't need an overstrike field for this character. Instead,
insert Unicode glyph 0113 (Latin small letter e with macron), then 0301
(combining acute accent). This will actually look better than your scanned
example.
Click to expand...

Thank you for your reply, Suzanne. I'm afraid I don't know how to do
what you describe. I tried typing "Alt+0113" and got a "q", and with
"Alt+0301" I've got a "-". How can I insert such glyphs?

I like this solution better than the overstrike field one, but
anyway, why dos overstrike field doesn't work in my Word?
TIA
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Alt+0xxx works only for ASCII characters. Unicode characters (anything above
0255) must be inserted a different way. You can insert them from the Insert
Symbol dialog or using 0113, Alt+X, and 0301, Alt+X. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

Without seeing the syntax of the EQ \o field you're actually using, I can't
tell you why it's not working, but if you're in Europe, you may need to use
a semicolon between the characters instead of a comma.
 
K

Kuko

Alt+0xxx works only for ASCII characters. Unicode characters (anything above
0255) must be inserted a different way. You can insert them from the Insert
Symbol dialog or using 0113, Alt+X, and 0301, Alt+X. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm
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I've done it. Thank you very much. Very nice. The Alt-X thing
doesn't work. The text on the URL you provided talks about Word 2002,
so I guess my Word 2000 can't do it. Anyway, I'm quite happy. Thanks,
again.
Without seeing the syntax of the EQ \o field you're actually using, I can't
tell you why it's not working, but if you're in Europe, you may need to use
a semicolon between the characters instead of a comma.
Click to expand...

Yes. That was the problem. I'm using the spanish version of Office
2000. The help about the \o switch, however, still talks about commas,
not semicolons. This may be a mistake.

Regards.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Yes, I believe the Alt+X shortcut was introduced in Word 2002, and
unfortunately Word's Help on fields (or generally) is not always outstanding
even in the English-language version; translated versions suffer even more
from being rushed into production.
 
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