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Overbar notation in word [field codes?]

  • 03-09-2014 03:34PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭


    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???


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Codpeas


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    word 2013


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I figured it out before ALL OF YOUUUUUU

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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Codpeas


    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:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Codpeas


    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


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