Overbar notation in word [field codes?]

Overheal · 03-09-2014 3:34pm #1

OK you sexy people,

I need to be able to do LOTS of overlines/overbars for technical reports. Wikipedia notes that Word handles this with field codes eg. "{EQ \O(x,¯)}" gives you x-overbar (the standard deviation symbol etc)

Now does anyone actually know how I can insert field code???

Codpeas · 05-09-2014 4:11pm

To help target a response - what version of Word are you using?

Overheal · 07-09-2014 5:08pm

word 2013

Overheal · 08-09-2014 3:01pm

I figured it out before ALL OF YOUUUUUU

In the design tab for equations its under "Accents" ugh

Codpeas · 08-09-2014 10:28pm

Overheal wrote: »

I figured it out before ALL OF YOUUUUUU

In the design tab for equations its under "Accents" ugh

Welllll, I suppose you could do it that way...

Or if ya want to be all fancy 'n stuff you can do Alt+= and just type something like:

\overbar(x)<space>

:cool:

Codpeas · 10-09-2014 2:07pm

Another option, which uses the field code that you mentioned at the start, would be to create a macro (and assign it a keyboard shortcut) so that a quick keyboard combo would do the trick.

Macro would look like:

Sub StandardDev()
'
' StandardDev Macro
'
Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, Text:= _
"EQ \O(x,¯)", PreserveFormatting:=False
End Sub

Overbar notation in word [field codes?]

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