Re: [libreoffice-users] compose characters

At 17:35 14/05/2019 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> I have to enter into a technical text a capital "M" with a short bar 
> on top of it. Some sort of mathematical expression indicating a vector.

Aren't vectors normally indicated by a bar *under* the letter?

> I know there is something like "composing characters", but I cannot 
> get it right. All I ever get is a diacritical mark either left or 
> right from the M. I would appreciate if someone could point me in 
> the right direction.

You need a "combining" character. Suggestions are Unicode U+0304 
"Combining Macron" or U+0305 "Combining Overline". Enter your letter 
(M) and, with the cursor immediately after it, enter the combining 
character - probably using Insert | Special Character... . You will 
need to use a font that includes the combining character and handles 
it properly: not all fonts do.

> While googling about this, I also found some talk a "autocorrect 
> options" using : : Yet, I cannot make this work either. I suppose, 
> there is a trick for this one too.

I don't think AutoCorrect helps you create such characters, but it 
may be useful if you need the combined character often. Instead of 
inserting the special character each time you need it, you could set 
up a replacement so that typing a code - perhaps "M#" or "M:" or even 
"M-" - would autocorrect to what you need. An alternative is simply 
to type such a code and then perform a global Find & Replace after 
you have prepared your text, of course.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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