How to type mean x bar in word 97

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How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by SPACE on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Can some one tell me how to type the mean x bar in word 97 document ??

I try to find in symbol but no sucessful.

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Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by JG on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

How about mean(X) .

Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by Phil Rosenkrantz on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Try: from the menu bar at the top.
Then:
Then under Font scroll to WP Math B.
The x-bar character is in the top row.
Select it and then hit .
For aestheic reasons I usually will block the x-bar symbol and increase the font size for to make it larger.

Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by Phil Rosenkrantz on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Oops. I used html sensitive symbols and my message didn't show.

In my previous post you start with the INSERT menu.
Then SYMBOL.
Scroll font to WP Math B
Choose the x-bar in the top row of symbols.
Select the x-bar and then choose INSERT at the bottom of the dialogue box.

Good luck.

Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by Bill on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

There are two way to create a x bar.
1) Using Word 97 - Place your cusor where the x bar should be inserted. From the drop-down menu, select Insert, then Object. Click "Create New" tab and scroll down to Microsoft Equation 3.0. Make sure "Float over text" is NOT checked. Double click on MS Equation 3.0. An Equation bar will appear. (If a separate window appears then use the View menu to display the tool bar.) Go to Row 2, column 6. This is the "Under bar/ over bar template. There are two symbols in this box. Pick the square with the line over it. This brings up a drop-down menu. Pick the square with the bar over it. This will bring up a box in which you can type the "x" - do so then click outside the box if separate window did not appear. I you are in a separate window then type the x and then click File and exit. This will place the x bar where you cusor was. I can't believe it either.
2) The second way is to type the x and then use the Line button on the Drawing tool bar to draw the bar over the x. This is easier if you "zoom" your screen. Good luck.

Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by Jack Tomsky on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I use the Equation Editor procedure, as described by Bill, with the following difference. After typing x, go to the third box from the left on the top row in the toolbar. Click on the fourth symbol in the first column. That will place a bar over the x. There are usually several ways of doing things and achieving the same results, but this is what I've always done.

Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by Bill on September 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Phil, Using your method, after the first 15 boxes in row 1 of Math B, my computer shows rectangular symbols in all of the remaining boxes; thus, it is impossible to tell which character is actually in the box. Is there a setting that will allow my computer to display these characters. Your method seems much easier than mine. Thanks.

Re: How to type mean x bar in word 97
Message posted by Phil Rosenkrantz on September 19, 1999 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I am using Word 97 and the x-bar is in the 17th box over in the top row of MS Math B. It is the last symbol before everything turns to boxes.

Hope that helps. Maybe someone else can explain why you don't have the symbol.

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