Using MS Word 2010, I need to print a 'peak' symbol, which is a circumflex accent on top of any letter (not only vowels), something like this :
^
s
Is there a way to do it without using the equation editor ?
Microsoft Word – How to Insert Peak Symbol
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You need to use the Numpad (the other numbers won't work!).
↑ ALT+24 Upwards arrow
↓ ALT+25 Downwards arrow
→ ALT+26 Rightwards arrow
← ALT+27 Leftwards arrow
↔ ALT+29 Left right arrow
▲ ALT+30 Upwards filled arrow
▼ ALT+31 Downwards filled arrow
► ALT+16 Rightwards filled arrow
◄ ALT+17 Leftwards filled arrow
Changed this a little, as I'd missed the horizontal line).
Create a new equation, then copy/paste the following:
\matrix(+&\matrix(a&b@c&d))/\matrix(b&c&a)
and press Enter at the end.
The \matrix keywords will transform into \'square black blob character" at some point each "&" introduces a new column, and each "@" introduces a new row). Math autocorrect needs to be "on" to make it work - it should be "on" by default.
It should look like this:
For more space over the line, you can insert a blank line in the upper matrix, like this:
\matrix(+&\matrix(a&b@c&d)@ & )/\matrix(b&c&a)
Best Answer
Type first the letter, then type U+302 and hit Alt X (i.e. press X while keeping the Alt key pressed down). The part U+ may be omitted if the letter is not in the range A–F or X.
This will put U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT after the letter. In rendering, it will appear as a character placed above the preceding character, something like this (I’m assuming your browser can deal with this): v̂.
Word 2007 can handle such situations mostly OK, selecting the placement of the circumflex according to the height of the base letter. I expect Word 2010 to do even better. But there are still potential problems. Perhaps most importantly, you should make sure that the font you are using contains U+0302. Support is rather wide, but not universal, see http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/302/fontsupport.htm
For example, if your text font is Palatino Linotype, the results will be very bad: since the font does not contain U+0302, Word will pick it up from a different font, and both the shape and the placement of the circumflex can be all wrong then.
Even for some non-vowel characters, a “precombined” character with the circumflex accent is available. For example, instead of ŝ (s followed by U+0302), you can enter U+15D Alt X and get ŝ (= U+015D). In modern versions of Word, the appearance is normally the same as with the one using U+0302, but the renderings might work, so it is probably safest to use U+0302 for all combinations, if you cannot use precombined characters for all combinations that you need.