7.1232, Sum: WinWord 6 diacritics

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Subject: 7.1232, Sum: WinWord 6 diacritics
 
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Date:  Mon, 02 Sep 1996 09:35:00 EDT
From:  kliffer at mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA (Michael Kliffer)
Subject:  Sum: WinWord 6 diacritics
 
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Date:  Mon, 02 Sep 1996 09:35:00 EDT
From:  kliffer at mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA (Michael Kliffer)
Subject:  Sum: WinWord 6 diacritics
 
 
I asked how to overstrike diacritics and IPA characters in Word 6 for
Windows.  After posting the Q, I figured out the following way:
 
Type the diacritic and IPA symbol (via "Insert --> Symbol", then
select the WP Phonetic set) Place cursor between diacritic and IPA
symbol Insert (On tool bar) Field Advance \l 6 (This moves following
character to the left 6 points (6/72"))
 
All these steps can be included in a macro that can be assigned to a
Ctrl + key combination.
 
To see the diacritic more clearly, reduce the symbol size by a point,
a step that can be put into the macro.
 
The only drawback I've found is that the value of the leftward
displacement depends on the point size.  6 works only with the
standard 12 points.
 
Mike Kliffer
Dept. of French
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
L8S 4M2
kliffer at mcmaster.ca
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