# How to insert mean symbol?

**URL:** <https://discourse.hypatiasys.com/t/how-to-insert-mean-symbol/31>\
**Category:** How to type...?\
**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.hypatiasys.com/t/how-to-insert-mean-symbol/31 "2020-09-11T00:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![rico](https://discourse.hypatiasys.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@rico](https://discourse.hypatiasys.com/u/rico)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.hypatiasys.com/t/how-to-insert-mean-symbol/31/1 "2020-09-11T00:22:37Z")

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To insert the mean symbol, you can either:

1. Click the ![Screen Shot 2020-09-10 at 5.32.27 PM](https://discourse.hypatiasys.com/uploads/default/original/1X/da159a9a95a6c88cf5fa4f00abd4111d637ac061.png) menu and pick the bar under the Accent section.  

2. Type “barx”

3. Type “bar”, press SPACE key, and then type “x”.

Afterwards, press the RIGHT arrow key to move out of the section that is under the bar symbol.