Get a Macron or overline above letters in MS Word 2008

Hi all,
I am trying to write out some Boolean algebra expressions for my degree work and cannot figure out for the life of me how get a macron above letters (horizontal line above a letter; like mathematical mean). I need to be able to type any letter and place the macron above it as the letters I am using are all different for loads of expressions.
I have tried inserting symbol but cannot find the appropriate symbol, also have tried finding fonts online and changing keyboard to US extended although this didn't really work as I'm in the UK and can't disable british keyboard...
I would really appreciate some help please, I just want to get on with my work...
(I'm using MS word 2008)

I don't understand that part about the British keyboard.  There is no need to disable it.  You just add the US Extended layout and then select it when you need a macron.  That character can be made by first typing your base letter and then Option/alt + Shift + a.  That is the way this kind of thing is normally done by everyone, regardless of country of location.  A chart of the shortcuts:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/diacritics.html
But you could also use the Character Viewer, View = Code Tables, Tab = Unicode, range = 00000300 Combining Diacritical Marks, 0304 Combining Macron.  Type your base letter and then double click on that to add the Macron.
Many base letters are available in Character Viewer with the macron already added.
If you have a lot of this kind of stuff and it needs to look perfect, then best use an equation editor like MathType.
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2008/12/typing-equations-and-formulas.html

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