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From: tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk (EARL WILLIAMS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,aus.mac
Subject: Re: overbar in Word 4.0
Summary: overstrike formula with superscripted "_"
Message-ID: <1990Jan19.104223.26528@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk>
Date: 19 Jan 90 10:42:23 GMT
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Reply-To: tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk (EARL WILLIAMS)
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In article <3018@munnari.oz.au> kklw@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Kevin K L WONG)
writes:
>I am using Word 4.0 for my digital design report. For active low
>signals, an overbar is put on top of the signal name. How can I
>do that in Word 4.0?

Use the overstrike formula with your character and "_" (superscripted).

The formula is \O(X,_) to get "X-bar".  "\" means command-option-\.
In single-spaced text, this will mess up the line spacing unless you
indicate a negative point value for the line-spacing in the Paragraph box.
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