How to Insert a Y-Bar Symbol in PowerPoint 2003

The y-bar symbol represents the mean, or average, of all y values. This symbol is a lowercase "y" with a flat line above it. If your PowerPoint presentation involves arithmetic means, statistics or other topics that require displaying a y-bar symbol, it's relatively simple to insert one into any slide.

Instructions

1. Open your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

2. Go to the slide in which you want to insert a y-bar symbol.

3. Click inside the text box where you want the y-bar symbol to appear or choose "Insert" > "Text Box" to add a new text box.

4. Choose "Insert" > "Symbol."

5. Change the font to "Arial."

6. Check the "Advanced View" box.

7. Type a lowercase "y" in the search box. Click "Search."

8. Click on the y-bar symbol.

9. Click "Insert." A y-bar symbol now appears in your PowerPoint slide.

References

• Oklahoma State University: Statistics Lecture