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I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it (differentiate it
from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line through it. Anyone know where
I can get these symbols? Thanks.
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You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it (differentiate it
from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line through it. Anyone know where
I can get these symbols? Thanks.



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I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just don't get
it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it (differentiate it
from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line through it. Anyone know where
I can get these symbols? Thanks.




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Linda,

What part don't you get? Where you able to use the EQ field to
overstrike a character 7 or character Z with a dash?

On Mar 20, 10:55 am, LindaC wrote:
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just don't get
it.



"Greg Maxey" wrote:
You can create them easily enough. See:


http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm


After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


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from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line through it. Anyone know where
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hi. what you can do to create a "European 7" is use the standard 7, and then
use the 'strikethrough' effect in the font

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I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it (differentiate it
from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line through it. Anyone know where
I can get these symbols? Thanks.



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For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm

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"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just don't

get
it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it

(differentiate it
from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line through it. Anyone know

where
I can get these symbols? Thanks.





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Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see how my
explaination of overstriking one character with another could be more
direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just
don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols? Thanks.



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After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's needs
very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning "other uses" for
the EQ \o field until quite late in the article (and of course neither of us
mentions a hyphen specifically, though my slashed zero might be a bit closer
than your centerline composition). Most of both articles is devoted to ways
to box text or put lines around it in various ways, though I had remembered
mine as getting to other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed is an
article that more directly addresses the idea of overstruck characters, with
a variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting, though
none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a font that
contains characters designed this way.

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all may benefit.

"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see how my
explaination of overstriking one character with another could be more
direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just
don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols? Thanks.




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Suzanne,

That is graceful and thorough reply. However, I don't agree and I think
that the OP's needs are efficiently addressed in both articles. After all,
a very good dicitionary doesn't get around to mentioning a zebra until
pretty late in the game ;-).



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's
needs very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning
"other uses" for the EQ \o field until quite late in the article (and
of course neither of us mentions a hyphen specifically, though my
slashed zero might be a bit closer than your centerline composition).
Most of both articles is devoted to ways to box text or put lines
around it in various ways, though I had remembered mine as getting to
other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed is an article that
more directly addresses the idea of overstruck characters, with a
variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting,
though none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a
font that contains characters designed this way.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see how
my explaination of overstriking one character with another could be
more direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear
them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just
don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC
wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols? Thanks.



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But users don't have to read the whole dictionary to get to "zebra," either.
I don't think either of our articles has very clear pointers at the
beginning to indicate that there's "something completely different"
inconspicuously stuck in the middle, and there isn't any particular fanfare
when it does appear.

--
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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.

"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

That is graceful and thorough reply. However, I don't agree and I think
that the OP's needs are efficiently addressed in both articles. After

all,
a very good dicitionary doesn't get around to mentioning a zebra until
pretty late in the game ;-).



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's
needs very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning
"other uses" for the EQ \o field until quite late in the article (and
of course neither of us mentions a hyphen specifically, though my
slashed zero might be a bit closer than your centerline composition).
Most of both articles is devoted to ways to box text or put lines
around it in various ways, though I had remembered mine as getting to
other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed is an article that
more directly addresses the idea of overstruck characters, with a
variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting,
though none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a
font that contains characters designed this way.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see how
my explaination of overstriking one character with another could be
more direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear
them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I just
don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC
wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols? Thanks.






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But I think by providing the OP the link we are both saying "The information
you seek is contained herein." In both cases it is. I don't think it is
too much to expect the OP to "read" the material "soup to nuts" if need be
to get to the answer.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
But users don't have to read the whole dictionary to get to "zebra,"
either. I don't think either of our articles has very clear pointers
at the beginning to indicate that there's "something completely
different" inconspicuously stuck in the middle, and there isn't any
particular fanfare when it does appear.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

That is graceful and thorough reply. However, I don't agree and I
think that the OP's needs are efficiently addressed in both
articles. After all, a very good dicitionary doesn't get around to
mentioning a zebra until pretty late in the game ;-).



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's
needs very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning
"other uses" for the EQ \o field until quite late in the article
(and of course neither of us mentions a hyphen specifically, though
my slashed zero might be a bit closer than your centerline
composition). Most of both articles is devoted to ways to box text
or put lines around it in various ways, though I had remembered
mine as getting to other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed
is an article that more directly addresses the idea of overstruck
characters, with a variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting,
though none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a
font that contains characters designed this way.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see
how my explaination of overstriking one character with another
could be more direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear
them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I
just don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC
wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols?
Thanks.



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I have not (re-)read either of your articles but I can't help thinking that
the 'requirement' in this case is artificial. The need to differentiate ones
and sevens, and twos and zeds, is an issue in handwriting - when typed,
these characters are easily distinguishable. Perhaps differentiation between
ones and ells or zeros and letter Os may be needed but I'm not sure there is
any agreed convention on how to do that.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Greg Maxey" schreef in bericht
...
But I think by providing the OP the link we are both saying "The
information you seek is contained herein." In both cases it is. I don't
think it is too much to expect the OP to "read" the material "soup to
nuts" if need be to get to the answer.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
But users don't have to read the whole dictionary to get to "zebra,"
either. I don't think either of our articles has very clear pointers
at the beginning to indicate that there's "something completely
different" inconspicuously stuck in the middle, and there isn't any
particular fanfare when it does appear.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

That is graceful and thorough reply. However, I don't agree and I
think that the OP's needs are efficiently addressed in both
articles. After all, a very good dicitionary doesn't get around to
mentioning a zebra until pretty late in the game ;-).



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's
needs very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning
"other uses" for the EQ \o field until quite late in the article
(and of course neither of us mentions a hyphen specifically, though
my slashed zero might be a bit closer than your centerline
composition). Most of both articles is devoted to ways to box text
or put lines around it in various ways, though I had remembered
mine as getting to other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed
is an article that more directly addresses the idea of overstruck
characters, with a variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting,
though none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a
font that contains characters designed this way.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see
how my explaination of overstriking one character with another
could be more direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear
them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I
just don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC
wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols?
Thanks.




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I totally agree. If the OP were using a (messy) handwriting font and wanted
to replicate actual handwriting, I could see the point, otherwise not.

Wrt distinguishing ones and ells, BTW, I read a book not too long ago that
really took me back because so many of the dates looked weird. Upon
inspection, it appeared that the writer, who presumably learned typing on a
typewriter keyboard, had used an ell for the ones, resulting in l90l, 200l,
etc. The characters themselves are not that different, but the spacing is
quite arresting, since figures are monospaced in most fonts, with the result
that a one (1) takes as much space as a 9; an ell (l) doesn't.

--
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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.

"Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
...
I have not (re-)read either of your articles but I can't help thinking

that
the 'requirement' in this case is artificial. The need to differentiate

ones
and sevens, and twos and zeds, is an issue in handwriting - when typed,
these characters are easily distinguishable. Perhaps differentiation

between
ones and ells or zeros and letter Os may be needed but I'm not sure there

is
any agreed convention on how to do that.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Greg Maxey" schreef in bericht
...
But I think by providing the OP the link we are both saying "The
information you seek is contained herein." In both cases it is. I

don't
think it is too much to expect the OP to "read" the material "soup to
nuts" if need be to get to the answer.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
But users don't have to read the whole dictionary to get to "zebra,"
either. I don't think either of our articles has very clear pointers
at the beginning to indicate that there's "something completely
different" inconspicuously stuck in the middle, and there isn't any
particular fanfare when it does appear.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

That is graceful and thorough reply. However, I don't agree and I
think that the OP's needs are efficiently addressed in both
articles. After all, a very good dicitionary doesn't get around to
mentioning a zebra until pretty late in the game ;-).



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's
needs very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning
"other uses" for the EQ \o field until quite late in the article
(and of course neither of us mentions a hyphen specifically, though
my slashed zero might be a bit closer than your centerline
composition). Most of both articles is devoted to ways to box text
or put lines around it in various ways, though I had remembered
mine as getting to other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed
is an article that more directly addresses the idea of overstruck
characters, with a variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting,
though none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a
font that contains characters designed this way.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see
how my explaination of overstriking one character with another
could be more direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear
them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I
just don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC
wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols?
Thanks.





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Yes, it really is quite noticeable when you point it out. Funny how
distracting something so seemingly trivial can be.

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Enjoy,
Tony

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" schreef in bericht
...
I totally agree. If the OP were using a (messy) handwriting font and wanted
to replicate actual handwriting, I could see the point, otherwise not.

Wrt distinguishing ones and ells, BTW, I read a book not too long ago that
really took me back because so many of the dates looked weird. Upon
inspection, it appeared that the writer, who presumably learned typing on
a
typewriter keyboard, had used an ell for the ones, resulting in l90l,
200l,
etc. The characters themselves are not that different, but the spacing is
quite arresting, since figures are monospaced in most fonts, with the
result
that a one (1) takes as much space as a 9; an ell (l) doesn't.

--
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.

"Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message
...
I have not (re-)read either of your articles but I can't help thinking

that
the 'requirement' in this case is artificial. The need to differentiate

ones
and sevens, and twos and zeds, is an issue in handwriting - when typed,
these characters are easily distinguishable. Perhaps differentiation

between
ones and ells or zeros and letter Os may be needed but I'm not sure there

is
any agreed convention on how to do that.

--
Enjoy,
Tony

"Greg Maxey" schreef in bericht
...
But I think by providing the OP the link we are both saying "The
information you seek is contained herein." In both cases it is. I

don't
think it is too much to expect the OP to "read" the material "soup to
nuts" if need be to get to the answer.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
But users don't have to read the whole dictionary to get to "zebra,"
either. I don't think either of our articles has very clear pointers
at the beginning to indicate that there's "something completely
different" inconspicuously stuck in the middle, and there isn't any
particular fanfare when it does appear.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

That is graceful and thorough reply. However, I don't agree and I
think that the OP's needs are efficiently addressed in both
articles. After all, a very good dicitionary doesn't get around to
mentioning a zebra until pretty late in the game ;-).



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
After looking at both, I concede that neither one addresses the OP's
needs very efficiently. Neither of us gets around to mentioning
"other uses" for the EQ \o field until quite late in the article
(and of course neither of us mentions a hyphen specifically, though
my slashed zero might be a bit closer than your centerline
composition). Most of both articles is devoted to ways to box text
or put lines around it in various ways, though I had remembered
mine as getting to other apps a bit quicker. Perhaps what is needed
is an article that more directly addresses the idea of overstruck
characters, with a variety of examples.

It occurs to me belatedly that an even simpler application for a
struckthrough 7 or Z would be just to use Strikethrough formatting,
though none of these workarounds is a good substitute for using a
font that contains characters designed this way.


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,

I concede that your article is very good, but I really don't see
how my explaination of overstriking one character with another
could be more direct.

If you have suggestions for improvement then I would like to hear
them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
For an article more directly targeted to your requirements, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm


"LindaC" wrote in message
...
I have read your article thanks, but I still am not clear. I
just don't get it.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

You can create them easily enough. See:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Banner_Text.htm

After you create the symbols you can save them as AutoText.


On Mar 20, 8:56 am, LindaC
wrote:
I am looking for the character 7 that has a line through it
(differentiate it from a 1) and also a Z with a horizontal line
through it. Anyone know where I can get these symbols?
Thanks.





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