On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Peter Flom wrote: > How do I typeset a tilde with a word over it I don't really understand your requirement but see whether $\underset{\tilde{}}{\text{word}}$ or $\underset{\widetilde{\hphantom{\text{word}}}}{\text{word}}$ helps. You'll have to use the "amsmath" package for "\underset" to work -- Krishnan