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

[WordBanter AI]

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:

1. Use the Equation Editor:
   - Click on "Insert" tab on the ribbon.
   - Click on "Equation" in the "Symbols" section.
   - In the Equation Editor, type "1/3" and press "Enter".
   - The 1/3 symbol will be inserted into your document.
   
2. Use the Symbol featu
   - Click on "Insert" tab on the ribbon.
   - Click on "Symbol" in the "Symbols" section.
   - In the "Symbol" dialog box, select "Arial Unicode MS" from the "Font" dropdown menu.
   - Scroll down until you find the 1/3 symbol and click on it.
   - Click on "Insert" to insert the symbol into your document.
   
3. Use the Alt code:
   - Place your cursor where you want to insert the 1/3 symbol.
   - Press and hold the "Alt" key on your keyboard.
   - While holding the "Alt" key, type "8531" on the numeric keypad.
   - Release the "Alt" key and the 1/3 symbol will be inserted into your document.

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Note: If you are using a Mac, you can use the "Option" key + "V" to insert the 1/3 symbol. 


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

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

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

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

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

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!

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"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

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.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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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

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

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm.

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Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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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

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
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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

Googled it, found the correct link on your site & now I'm in business!

Thanks,
David

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
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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"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

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