How to Use Macrons in MS Word

The Symbols Menu
1. Open Word and a new or existing document. Type the word needing a macron. Highlight the letter needing a macron and click the 'Insert' tab. Click 'Symbol.'
2. Click on 'More Symbols.' In the 'Symbol' dialog box, click the 'Symbols' tab. Click the 'Subset' list in the top-right and select 'Latin Extended A.' If the subset field is not there, click the 'From' menu at the bottom-right of the screen and select 'Unicode' to bring up the subset menu.
3. Select the letter with the macron from the 'Font' field and click 'Insert.' The 'Symbol' dialog box remains visible. You can then add other letters to the document.
4. Move the 'Symbol' dialog box by clicking, holding and dragging the box around the screen if you want to use more than one macron in a document. You can make the box larger or smaller so it does not obscure the text by grabbing a corner with your mouse and dragging up or down.
5. Click 'Close' to close the Symbol dialog box when you are done adding letters to your document or it will remain visible while you work on your document.
Character Map
6. Click the 'Start' button in the operating system taskbar. Click on 'All Programs' and select 'Accessories.' Select 'System Tools' and click 'Character Map' to bring up the 'Character Map' dialog box.
7. Click the 'Font' menu and select the Word document font you are using. Click the character with the macron to add, and then click 'Select' to add it to the 'Characters to Copy' field.
8. Click 'Copy' to copy the letter you need and return to the Word document. Press 'Ctrl + V' to paste the character into your document. You can also drag the letter into your document once it's selected.