Overlines

[Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM>]

In our previous episode, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Aoid=ECn_Scully?= said:
> Could anyone tell me how to apply an overline to a selected piece of
> text in Microsoft Word?
>
> The Borders and Shading dialog box implies that this is possible, but
> when I try, it doesn't seem to allow it.
>
> I want to place the line over one word in the paragraph, rather than
> over the entire paragraph. For example, say I want to insert a line over
> the word "Product" in the phrase "Product version 1.0".
> I select the word "Product", choose Format - Borders and Shading, choose
> Text in the Apply to box and then click just above "Product" in the
> diagram. But Word inserts a border, rather than an overline.I've tried
> changing the setting on the left, i.e. choosing None, Box, Custom, etc,
> but this doesn't make a difference.
>
> Any solutions?

It occors to me that perhaps you meant above vertically, rather than
on top of, the way I first read it.  In that case, your solution is to
use the EQ field code.  The syntax for a line over text is EQ \x \to
(your text).  Go to Insert|Field, and type that in the blank box.

You don't have much control over formatting, though.

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