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1/3 Special Character Available?
I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I
missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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Answer: 1/3 Special Character Available?
Hi David,
Thank you for reaching out to me. I'm happy to help you with your question. Regarding your concern, Microsoft Word does not have a specific special character for 1/3. However, there are a few ways you can insert the 1/3 symbol into your document. Here are some options:
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1/3 Special Character Available?
David,
What happens if you type 2153 and then hit Alt+X. Works for me here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "DavidJ726" schreef in bericht ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
Works for me as well Thanks!
So it's not a special character that can be inserted as when formating the text. Where can a list of this type of things be found? David "Luc" wrote in message ... David, What happens if you type 2153 and then hit Alt+X. Works for me here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "DavidJ726" schreef in bericht ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
Let me rephrase to be more specific. Where is 2/3? I can find the /8's,
/4's & 1/4 but not the /3rds. Thanks "Luc" wrote in message ... David, What happens if you type 2153 and then hit Alt+X. Works for me here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "DavidJ726" schreef in bericht ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
Insert, symbol, subset, number forms.
-- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... Let me rephrase to be more specific. Where is 2/3? I can find the /8's, /4's & 1/4 but not the /3rds. Thanks "Luc" wrote in message ... David, What happens if you type 2153 and then hit Alt+X. Works for me here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "DavidJ726" schreef in bericht ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
That's where I've been looking. Under Unicode I have the following:
Latin: 1/4 1/2 3/4 Number Forms: 1/8 3/8 5/8 7/8 Under ASCII I have the following: 1/4 1/2 3/4 But I don't have the 1/3 or 2/3 in the number forms. I can type the 2153 or 2154 (for the 2/3) and it's inserted into my Word doc, but I can't see them in the listing. But if I open up Excel I can find it immediately... Go figure... Thanks, David "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... Insert, symbol, subset, number forms. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... Let me rephrase to be more specific. Where is 2/3? I can find the /8's, /4's & 1/4 but not the /3rds. Thanks "Luc" wrote in message ... David, What happens if you type 2153 and then hit Alt+X. Works for me here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "DavidJ726" schreef in bericht ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
Take a look at the articles on fractions in the Additional Resources section
of http://addbalance.com/usersguide/basic_formatting.htm. There are a number of ways, including some where you make it automatic, to do what you want. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
Insert | Symbol and look in the Number Forms character subset. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm. Also (for other fractions) see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm, http://www.gmayor.com/createfraction.htm, and http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Formatted_Fractions.htm. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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* ANSWER* 1/3 Special Character Available?
The answer is simple, yet elusive... These symbols aren't available in all
fonts. In other words, if I have a new document open up anf Veranda is the default font, and I go to insert the 1/3, it doesn't show up in the field codes, nor does it show up in the field codes under normal text. But if I change the font to Aerial or Times New Roman, the 1/2 & 2/3 will show up in the character fields. Once I select & use it, then it shows up as a recently used symbol I can use regardless of what font I'm using. Next question while I'm beginning to review some of these FAQ's that have been posted, the 1/4, 1/4 & 3/4 are all automatically formatted as a fraction when typing it in Word, but the 1/3 or 2/3 does not. Any way to force it other than typing 2153 Alt-X ? Thanks, David "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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* ANSWER* 1/3 Special Character Available?
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm.
-- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. DavidJ726 wrote: The answer is simple, yet elusive... These symbols aren't available in all fonts. In other words, if I have a new document open up anf Veranda is the default font, and I go to insert the 1/3, it doesn't show up in the field codes, nor does it show up in the field codes under normal text. But if I change the font to Aerial or Times New Roman, the 1/2 & 2/3 will show up in the character fields. Once I select & use it, then it shows up as a recently used symbol I can use regardless of what font I'm using. Next question while I'm beginning to review some of these FAQ's that have been posted, the 1/4, 1/4 & 3/4 are all automatically formatted as a fraction when typing it in Word, but the 1/3 or 2/3 does not. Any way to force it other than typing 2153 Alt-X ? Thanks, David "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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* ANSWER* 1/3 Special Character Available?
Thanks Jim, I went there already but the link for exploiting fractions
(something like that) didn't work. I guess I need to go back to your FAQ & see what I missed. David "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. DavidJ726 wrote: The answer is simple, yet elusive... These symbols aren't available in all fonts. In other words, if I have a new document open up anf Veranda is the default font, and I go to insert the 1/3, it doesn't show up in the field codes, nor does it show up in the field codes under normal text. But if I change the font to Aerial or Times New Roman, the 1/2 & 2/3 will show up in the character fields. Once I select & use it, then it shows up as a recently used symbol I can use regardless of what font I'm using. Next question while I'm beginning to review some of these FAQ's that have been posted, the 1/4, 1/4 & 3/4 are all automatically formatted as a fraction when typing it in Word, but the 1/3 or 2/3 does not. Any way to force it other than typing 2153 Alt-X ? Thanks, David "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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* ANSWER* 1/3 Special Character Available?
Googled it, found the correct link on your site & now I'm in business!
Thanks, David |
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* ANSWER* 1/3 Special Character Available?
Keep reading the articles.
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... The answer is simple, yet elusive... These symbols aren't available in all fonts. In other words, if I have a new document open up anf Veranda is the default font, and I go to insert the 1/3, it doesn't show up in the field codes, nor does it show up in the field codes under normal text. But if I change the font to Aerial or Times New Roman, the 1/2 & 2/3 will show up in the character fields. Once I select & use it, then it shows up as a recently used symbol I can use regardless of what font I'm using. Next question while I'm beginning to review some of these FAQ's that have been posted, the 1/4, 1/4 & 3/4 are all automatically formatted as a fraction when typing it in Word, but the 1/3 or 2/3 does not. Any way to force it other than typing 2153 Alt-X ? Thanks, David "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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1/3 Special Character Available?
What font are you using? If you change the size of the Symbol dialog, are
the characters easier to find? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... That's where I've been looking. Under Unicode I have the following: Latin: 1/4 1/2 3/4 Number Forms: 1/8 3/8 5/8 7/8 Under ASCII I have the following: 1/4 1/2 3/4 But I don't have the 1/3 or 2/3 in the number forms. I can type the 2153 or 2154 (for the 2/3) and it's inserted into my Word doc, but I can't see them in the listing. But if I open up Excel I can find it immediately... Go figure... Thanks, David "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... Insert, symbol, subset, number forms. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "DavidJ726" wrote in message ... Let me rephrase to be more specific. Where is 2/3? I can find the /8's, /4's & 1/4 but not the /3rds. Thanks "Luc" wrote in message ... David, What happens if you type 2153 and then hit Alt+X. Works for me here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "DavidJ726" schreef in bericht ... I can see the 1/4 1/2 & 3/4 special characters but nothing in 3rd's. Am I missing them somewhere? I'm pretty sure I installed the math equations option when I installed Word 2003. Thanks, David |
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