Centering Text Vertically

By default, text sits on a line underneath the letters (the black line in the image). I'm trying to make it so that the text is center along an imaginary line through the center of the text (the red line). So that the 'dum' to the left
of the 'B' will be centered within the height of the 'b' and not sitting along the bottom line. Can this be done in Word 2010?
Picture this text size 12 point that says 'dum' and the size 24 that reads' bT' and then again 12 point that says 'ext' to read
dumBText.
The BT are large and should be the center point for the smaller text around it.
EDIT: I cannot embed an image or links so scratch the image part.

You could insert ADVANCE fields before & after the BT to lower, then raise, the text position by 6pt. With field codes visible (Alt-F9 toggles them on/off), your string would look like:
dum{ADVANCE \d 6}BT{ADVANCE \u 6}ext
with the BT in 24pt. Depending on the font you use, you might need to change the 6 in each field, which is the number of points, to a different value to get the desired effect.
Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the fields are created in the document itself, via Ctrl-F9 (Cmd-F9 on a Mac); you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message.
Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

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