Symbol for the word "with."

Factual Questions
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Hi Everyone,

My name is Fred Lee and I’ve have a question that nobody (at least nobody I know, which isn’t saying much) seems to have an answer for. I am trying to figure out what the letter “c” that has a line over it is called. It’s used in place of the word “with,” and is frequently used by doctors, so I ventured a guess that it’s Latin.

Either way, I’m wondering what it’s called, and how can I incorporate it in a text document. It is not included in the Microsoft Word selection of symbols.

Thanks for any insight, and take care.

Fred Lee

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Latin looks like a good guess: it appears to be “cum” – Latin for “with”.

From thefreedictionary.com

3

That symbol doesn’t seem to be available in the extended character set. I haven’t found anything on how to insert it. Can you simply type out cum?

4

Or can you type out “with”?

5

Even better. :smiley:

6

And for those with their minds in the gutter, it’s pronounced “koom.”

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FYI, the line is called a “macron.” I’ve figured out how to create the macron in Microsoft Word 2003, but not how to get it to appear over the c.

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You can insert this symbol in Office apps by using the overbar character - ASCI 0175 or Unicode 00AF (Under Latin-1) combined with the letter c using EQ \O.

So you would do CTRL+F9, then in the {} brackets type EQ \ O(c,¯)

You can also use Equation Editor, but there’s no guarantee your machine would have that OLE container installed.

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ĉ č ć
All Unicode; I had to cut and paste these, so unsure how to do them directly, or if they’re even the right ones.
ĉ U+0109: Latin Small Letter C With Circumflex
č U+010D: Latin Small Letter C With Caron
ć U+0107: Latin Small Letter C With Acute

Courtesy of asking if there was an advanced character map in Vista.