Overstrike

[wbabf]

According to Word Help, I should be able to superimpose two
characters, say O and -, by typing \o(O,-), but it doesn't happen. Can
someone help?

 

[CyberTaz]

What you've provided here is simply the *Switch* that needs to be used in an
equation (EQ) field, not simply typed on the page like regular text. See:

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

 

[PhilD]

What you've provided here is simply the *Switch* that needs to be used in an
equation (EQ) field, not simply typed on the page like regular text. See:

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

In the OP's specific case, it looks like a theta is required: I am
pretty sure the symbol is available in the insert -> insert symbol
menu (it certainly is in the Windows version).

PhilD

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Phil -

I got that impression as well but wasn't sure, nor about what else might be
involved but unmentioned in the post, so I endeavored to answer the question
as asked rather than speculate

More preferable would be the OS X Character Palette, however - Insert>
Symbol in Mac Word is a very restrictive dinosaur.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Carl Witthoft]

Hi Phil -

I got that impression as well but wasn't sure, nor about what else might be
involved but unmentioned in the post, so I endeavored to answer the question
as asked rather than speculate

More preferable would be the OS X Character Palette, however - Insert>
Symbol in Mac Word is a very restrictive dinosaur.

I went into the Keyboard dialog box (inside Word) and assigned
<shift><cmd>Q to "insert symbol." Now it works just like The Best Word
Version Ever (5.1a): the next character you type will be in Symbol
Font, and after that single character it reverts to the current style.

 

[CyberTaz]

I went into the Keyboard dialog box (inside Word) and assigned
<shift><cmd>Q to "insert symbol." Now it works just like The Best Word
Version Ever (5.1a): the next character you type will be in Symbol
Font, and after that single character it reverts to the current style.

Which is fine as long as the character you want is among the scant 255
glyphs in Symbol and/or you aren't concerned about the aspects of the
inserted character matching the actual font used in the document. Depending
on the character used it also may not display correctly in the doc if opened
in WinWord or another program.

It also requires that you know what to type in order to call the
appropriate character... $B&((B, for example, isn't very apparent on the typical
keyboard

Either way, your point is well taken - there's no need for anyone to have to
*construct* a character as a graphic if it can be obtained by several more
efficient means with better results.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac