Pronunciation problem

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My client wants a pronunciation for a word on one of his pages - I need to
put a straight line (overline) above a letter. Can someone tell me how to do
this in Frontpage 2003?

Thanks!
 
Steve,
I had found that with the overline but when I inserted, it moved my
character over and inserted it - instead of putting it over the character.
How do I get the line over the character, without deleting the character?

Thanks.
 
I would only resort to that if there were no other choice - and there are
plenty of other choices.
 
Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron" symbol? I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what I'm doing
wrong?

Thanks!

Trevor L. said:
Murray said:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).
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Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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Beverly-Texas said:
Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing
macron" symbol? I tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted
the symbol above but it simply inserted a new character like before.
Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!
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Well, I must admit I didn't come in at the beginning, so I don't have your
original query still in my newreader (OE6). I just added a reference to HTML
entities in case you had trouble finding it by Google

I think that you are not doing anything wrong. "spacing macron" must mean
what it says - it is a symbol in its own right which spaces between one
character and another.

What you need is a composite character such as
A tilde (Ã or Ã)
A umlaut (Ä or Ä)

What is the character you need ?
Must it have a horizontal stroke (named a macron in the w3schools.com
reference) above it rather than a tilde or umlaut?

If so, I am afraid I have run out of ideas.
 
Use CSS
example:
<p>this is an <span style="text-decoration:overline;">overlined</span>
word</p>

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Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
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Beverly-Texas said:
Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron" symbol? I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what I'm
doing
wrong?

Thanks!

Trevor L. said:
Murray said:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).
Click to expand...

Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That works poorly, Ron. The overline is at the top of the 'text-box', and
not very close to the actual top of the letter.

An HTML entity is perfect for this application.

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Ronx said:
Use CSS
example:
<p>this is an <span style="text-decoration:overline;">overlined</span>
word</p>

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Beverly-Texas said:
Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron" symbol? I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what I'm
doing
wrong?

Thanks!

Trevor L. said:
Murray wrote:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage

Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
Click to expand...
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Murray said:
That works poorly, Ron. The overline is at the top of the
'text-box', and not very close to the actual top of the letter.

An HTML entity is perfect for this application.
Click to expand...

Yes, but I can't find one which actually uses a horizontal line above the
letter. There are tildes and umlauts, but I can't find this one (which
appears to be named a macron).

I wrote a reply to Beverly along these lines, so I am interested to know
whether there are such entities.
 
But only if those entities exist. A quick Google search produces only the
common accented characters as mentioned by Beverley.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Murray said:
That works poorly, Ron. The overline is at the top of the 'text-box',
and not very close to the actual top of the letter.

An HTML entity is perfect for this application.

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Ronx said:
Use CSS
example:
<p>this is an <span style="text-decoration:overline;">overlined</span>
word</p>

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Beverly-Texas said:
Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron" symbol?
I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but
it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what I'm
doing
wrong?

Thanks!

:

Murray wrote:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage

Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
Click to expand...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Ronx said:
But only if those entities exist. A quick Google search produces only the
common accented characters as mentioned by Beverley.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Murray said:
That works poorly, Ron. The overline is at the top of the 'text-box',
and not very close to the actual top of the letter.

An HTML entity is perfect for this application.

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Ronx said:
Use CSS
example:
<p>this is an <span style="text-decoration:overline;">overlined</span>
word</p>

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

message Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron" symbol?
I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but
it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what I'm
doing
wrong?

Thanks!

:

Murray wrote:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage

Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Murray said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Ronx said:
But only if those entities exist. A quick Google search produces only
the common accented characters as mentioned by Beverley.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Murray said:
That works poorly, Ron. The overline is at the top of the 'text-box',
and not very close to the actual top of the letter.

An HTML entity is perfect for this application.

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Use CSS
example:
<p>this is an <span style="text-decoration:overline;">overlined</span>
word</p>

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

message Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron"
symbol? I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but
it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what
I'm doing
wrong?

Thanks!

:

Murray wrote:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage

Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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Perfect! Exactly what I needed! Thank you!!

Murray said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Ronx said:
But only if those entities exist. A quick Google search produces only the
common accented characters as mentioned by Beverley.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Murray said:
That works poorly, Ron. The overline is at the top of the 'text-box',
and not very close to the actual top of the letter.

An HTML entity is perfect for this application.

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage


Use CSS
example:
<p>this is an <span style="text-decoration:overline;">overlined</span>
word</p>

--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

message Hello Trevor,
I went to the link you provided and now I guess I need further
instructions
since this is new to me... I guess I need the "spacing macron" symbol?
I
tried inserting the ¯ beside the letter I wanted the symbol above but
it
simply inserted a new character like before. Can you tell me what I'm
doing
wrong?

Thanks!

:

Murray wrote:
Just use an HTML entity for it (Use Google to find pages listing
them).

--
Murray
--------------
MVP FrontPage

Try http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
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