How to Create an X Bar Symbol in Word

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This wikiHow teaches you how to insert the X-bar statistical symbol into a Microsoft Word document.

Method 1
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Using Windows

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    You’ll find it in the Microsoft Office area of your Start menu.
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    It’s at the top of the screen.
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    It’s the icon with a pi symbol at the top-right area of the toolbar. [1]
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    Click and drag your mouse cursor over the "x" to highlight it.
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    It’s in the toolbar at the top-right area of the screen. Its icon looks like a lowercase “a” with umlauts. Doing so will bring up a menu of accent symbols.
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    The icon looks like a square with the bar icon over top of it. This places a bar above your “x,” creating an X-bar.
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Method 2
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Using macOS

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    It’s a blue icon with a white “W.” You’ll typically find it on the Dock or in the Applications menu.
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    You can type it anywhere in your document.
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    This opens the Character Viewer. [2]
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    It’s at the top of the Character Viewer. You’ll see a solid black line appear just beneath the search bar. That’s called a Combining Overline.
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    The “x” you typed will now appear as an X-bar. [3]
    • Next time you open the Character Viewer, you can find the Combining Overline quickly by clicking “Recently Used” at the top of the left panel.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBsVyYSSgk&feature=youtu.be&t=15s
      2. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201586
      3. ↑ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-type-x-bar-in-leopard.448360/

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