3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Date:2019-7-19 Author:Cordelia

You shall already know the method to underline text in Word. But addition to this, you may also have the demand to overline specified characters sometimes. For example, if you want to enter an average number in a mathematical document, a short line over a given variable is necessary.

In this post, I will provide several simple methods based on Word 2016.

1. Insert Shapes

The most direct way is to draw a line over the specified text.

Click InsertShapes. Find the icon of straight line in Lines.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Select it. Drag your cursor to draw a straight line over the text.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Then you can choose the color and effect of the line you drew.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word
3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

The bright spot of this method is the high degree of freedom. You can draw any kind of line in anywhere you want.

2. Borders

You can also regard the overline as a part of a border.

First, select the text and find the icon of Borders in Home tab.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Click the small triangle beside it to see the drop-down list, choose Top Border.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Then a overline is added to the whole row.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Adjusting the width of it requires you to use the horizontal Ruler. You can enable it by checking Ruler in View tab.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Put your cursor at the row of the text you want to overline. Then drag the small triangle on the ruler to adjust the length of the line.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word
3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

3. Equation Editor

Click InsertEquations to enable the Equation Tools in Design, and a textbox will be added to your document.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Click Accent in Design (Equation Tools) tab, select Bar in Accent or Overbar in Overbars and Underbars.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word

Then the underline will be inserted in the equation textbox. You can click the dotted pane to input any text you want.

3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word
3 Easy Ways to Overline Text in Word
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  2. Steve says:

    Top bother doesn’t work this way in Word 2010; top/left/right/bottom doesn’t matter: selecting any of these selects all.

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