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This wikiHow teaches you how to insert the X-bar statistical symbol into a Microsoft Word document.
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Open Microsoft Word. You’ll find it in the Microsoft Office area of your Start menu.
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Click Insert . It’s at the top of the screen.Advertisement
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Click Equation . It’s the icon with a pi symbol at the top-right area of the toolbar. [1] X Research source
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Type x into the equation box.
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Highlight the "x" in the equation box. Click and drag your mouse cursor over the "x" to highlight it.
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Click Accent . 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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Scroll down and click the first box under “Overbars and Underbars.” 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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Open Word. 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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Type x where you want the X-bar to appear. You can type it anywhere in your document.
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Type combining overline into the Search box. 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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Click the Combining Overline. The “x” you typed will now appear as an X-bar. [3] X Research source
- 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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