Peter Constable wrote:

>
> > From: Peter T. Daniels [mailto:grammatim@...]
>
> > Where did you find it in the so-called "Help" system?
>
> I was able to find it by searching for "equations" (15 false returns), "equations overstrike" (8 false returns) or "overstrike" (0 false returns).

I only tried "overstrike" and got 0 true returns.

> > Nor does it appear
> > in at least two of those giant aftermarket manuals the computer
> > publishers put out.
>
> And so?

The subsystem it's part of is not considered a priority either by MS or
by software manual writers.

> > > done using \o() in an "Eq" (equation) field. For instance, I've entered
> > the following text element into my Rich Text message (not sure how this
> > will show up in your mail client) using the field code {eq \o(a,/)}.
> >
> > Something like that.
>
> *That*, not something like that.

No, because simply typing that string of characters (even if that's
exactly how it appears on screen, which because of the location of the
space I don't think it is) doesn't produce an equation.

> > > If you want to enter a Latin character with a dot below, such as (say) d
> > with underdot, the best thing to do is to enter the appropriate Unicode
> > character sequence in Word 2003 and display it with an appropriate
> > OpenType font, such as Doulos SIL: dò
> >
> > That doesn't work in Word2001.
>
> If you want to work with transliterations or a variety of the world's writing systems, and would like it to work in a useful variety of apps, you should be using Windows.

Word2001 appears to the user identical to Word2000 (and the books about
Word2000 apply perfectly to Word2001).

I usually use FrameMaker, because its typographic controls are far
superior to Word's. But for sharing files, I need to use Word.

> > > Subscripts and superscripts are implemented in word processors in
> > various ways...
>
> > > Such approaches do not provide true typographic super-/subscripts. Look
> > for true typographic super-/subscripts implemented using OpenType in apps
> > like Adobe InDesign or in future versions of Word.
> >
> > I.e., they removed functionality.
>
> ?? Who removed what functionality?

Microsoft removed the ability to nest (in this case) vertical
positioning commands within overstrike commands.

Hey, just because yahoo doesn't work the way you want it to, don't take
it out on me or Apple!
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...