From: Peter Constable
Message: 3926
Date: 2005-01-14
> From: Peter T. Daniels [mailto:grammatim@...]In Word 2003, the functionality is still there, and is still documented -- it's 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,/)}.
> MSWord can do overstrikes. Back in 5.1, it was in an Appendix in the
> Manual (remember Manuals?). In 97/98 and 2000/2001, and presumably in
> later versions, it's buried in the formulas department and there's no
> documentation whatsoever.
> Somewhere between 5.1 and 97, they seem to have given up the possibilityIf 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: d�
> of nesting formulas, so I can't really do an underdot -- "Subscript"
> style reduces the size as well as moving it down, and increasing the
> size makes it not align in the middle.