How to Write X Bar or Hat in Excel (4 Methods)

The X Bar symbol is used in statistics frequently.

Method 1 – Use Symbol Command to Write X Bar in Excel

Steps: 

• Select the cells where you want to write the X Bar. (In the example below, the selected range is C4:C8).
• Go to the Home tab from the Ribbon.
• Click on the drop-down option for Font.

• Select Arial as the Font.

• Select cell C4 and write X.
• Go to the Insert tab and select Symbol.

• The Symbol dialog box will appear.
• Select the drop-down option for Font and select Arial.

• Click on the drop-down option for Subset.
• Select Combining Diacritical Marks.

• Select Combining Overline and press Insert.

• Select Close in the dialog box.

• The X Bar Symbol will show in the selected Excel cell (In the below example cell C4).

• To write the Y Bar follow the same steps above.

• To write multiple Bars select the cells where you want to write Bars.
• Go to the Home tab and click on the drop-down option for Fill.

• Click on the Flash Fill Options.
• Select Accept suggestions.

• The Bar symbol’s will appear within the selected cells (in the below example cells C5 to C8).

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Method 2. – Employ the Equation Feature to Insert X Bar in Excel

Steps:

• Go to the Insert tab and select Equation.

• Select Accent from the Equation tab.
• Select Bar from the drop-down menu.

• The equation box will appear.
• Write X or the letter you want.

• Double-click on the X Bar.
• Select Italic to remove the italic font from the X Bar.

• Click and drag the X Bar where you want it to be.

• The X Bar will shown in selected cell (in the below example shown in cell C4).

• For the remaining data, repeat these steps using the letters Y, P, M, Z or as required.

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Method 3 – Copy and Paste X Bar from Browser to Write in Excel

Steps:

• Search for the X Bar symbol in your browser (in the below example Google is shown).
• Select the symbol and copy it by pressing Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

• Select the cell where you want the X Bar. Here, I selected cell C4.
• Paste the X Bar in the formula bar by pressing Ctrl + V on your keyboard.

• Press Enter and you will get the X Bar.

• Write bars for other letters in the same way.

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Method 4 – How to Write P Hat in Excel

The Symbol feature will be used for this section.

Steps:

• Select the cells where you want to write the symbols.
• Go to the Home tab.
• Select Arial as the Font.

• Select the cell where you want to write P Hat.
• Write P in the selected cell.
• Go to the Insert tab.
• Select Symbol.

• The Symbol dialog box will appear.
• Select Arial as Font.
• Choose Combining Diacritical Marks as the Subset.
• Select Combining Circumflex Accent and press Insert.

• Select Close.

• You have now written P Hat in Excel

• Write the other symbols by following the steps from Method 1.

Practice Section

Here’s a sheet you can use to practice writing X Bar in Excel

Download Practice Workbook

You can download the practice workbook from here.

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