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Fractions
I use Word 2003 at home but Word 2000 at work. At home I can type in 2153 and
then Alt + x and get 1/3. It doesn't change on my system at work. Is there a setting that I need to look for that will allow this change to occur? This is assuming that Word 2000 supports that feature. Annie |
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The Alt+X thing only works in Word 2002 or later. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...teFraction.htm for other ways to make fractions. Annie wrote: I use Word 2003 at home but Word 2000 at work. At home I can type in 2153 and then Alt + x and get 1/3. It doesn't change on my system at work. Is there a setting that I need to look for that will allow this change to occur? This is assuming that Word 2000 supports that feature. Annie |
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try:
Hold down 'Alt' Press "+" (numeric keypad) Type 2153 (numeric keypad) Release Alt "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... The Alt+X thing only works in Word 2002 or later. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...teFraction.htm for other ways to make fractions. Annie wrote: I use Word 2003 at home but Word 2000 at work. At home I can type in 2153 and then Alt + x and get 1/3. It doesn't change on my system at work. Is there a setting that I need to look for that will allow this change to occur? This is assuming that Word 2000 supports that feature. Annie |
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http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm
-- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Annie" wrote in message ... I use Word 2003 at home but Word 2000 at work. At home I can type in 2153 and then Alt + x and get 1/3. It doesn't change on my system at work. Is there a setting that I need to look for that will allow this change to occur? This is assuming that Word 2000 supports that feature. Annie |
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"JethroUK©" wrote:
try: Hold down 'Alt' Press "+" (numeric keypad) Type 2153 (numeric keypad) Release Alt Hi Jethro, This works for you? Which OS do you use? If I follow your steps (Word2003, WinXP) I get the character with decimal code 2153, the same as if I hadn't pressed the "+". To get 1/3, I would have to use 2153 converted to a decimal number (Alt+8531). 2*16*16*16 + 1*16*16 + 5*16 + 3 = 8531 Greetings, Klaus |
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works for me on Word 2002 - just thought it was worth a try
"Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "JethroUK©" wrote: try: Hold down 'Alt' Press "+" (numeric keypad) Type 2153 (numeric keypad) Release Alt Hi Jethro, This works for you? Which OS do you use? If I follow your steps (Word2003, WinXP) I get the character with decimal code 2153, the same as if I hadn't pressed the "+". To get 1/3, I would have to use 2153 converted to a decimal number (Alt+8531). 2*16*16*16 + 1*16*16 + 5*16 + 3 = 8531 Greetings, Klaus |
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That's why I asked about the OS, since it's an operating system feature, not
a Word feature. I heard that you can insert Unicode characters using their hex code in Win2003 Server and XP, but it never worked for me in Win XP. Maybe you need some additional software or setting? Regards, Klaus "JethroUK©" wrote: works for me on Word 2002 - just thought it was worth a try "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "JethroUK©" wrote: try: Hold down 'Alt' Press "+" (numeric keypad) Type 2153 (numeric keypad) Release Alt Hi Jethro, This works for you? Which OS do you use? If I follow your steps (Word2003, WinXP) I get the character with decimal code 2153, the same as if I hadn't pressed the "+". To get 1/3, I would have to use 2153 converted to a decimal number (Alt+8531). 2*16*16*16 + 1*16*16 + 5*16 + 3 = 8531 Greetings, Klaus |
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In article , Klaus Linke
favored us with... I heard that you can insert Unicode characters using their hex code in Win2003 Server and XP, but it never worked for me in Win XP. I think you are mixing up elements of two different entry schemes. In native Windows XP, you insert Unicode characters using Alt and their _decimal_ code. (Probably this includes 2003 Server, but I don't have a copy to test with.) Press and hold the Alt key, type the numbers on the numeric key pad (NumLock must be on), then release the Alt key. This is represented as e.g. Alt-8212 or Alt+8212 for the em dash, but you don't actually press a plus or minus key. This should work in all programs, _possibly_ excepting Word. (I'm on a laptop, and there are some funky issues with the interaction between Word and my keyboard, so I'm not sure about this.) In Word 2003 you insert Unicode characters by _first_ typing the _hex_ code and then typing Alt-X. Same example: decimal 8212 is hex 2014, so in Word you type 2014 and then key Alt-X to get an em dash. (That particular character is easier to get by Ctrl-Alt-minus, using the numeric keypad minus not the alphabetic hyphen.) All the above assumes that your current font actually includes the necessary character. Practice with Alt-0233 or E9 Alt-X, which is é (acute accent e) -- that should be in nearly all Windows fonts these days. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ |
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Hi Stan,
Thank you! Happens often enough, but in this case, I didn't mix things up ;-) http://www.fileformat.info/tip/micro...er_unicode.htm or from the horse's mouth http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/r.../glossary.mspx (under "Alt+Numpad") Regards, Klaus "Stan Brown" wrote: In article , Klaus Linke favored us with... I heard that you can insert Unicode characters using their hex code in Win2003 Server and XP, but it never worked for me in Win XP. I think you are mixing up elements of two different entry schemes. In native Windows XP, you insert Unicode characters using Alt and their _decimal_ code. (Probably this includes 2003 Server, but I don't have a copy to test with.) Press and hold the Alt key, type the numbers on the numeric key pad (NumLock must be on), then release the Alt key. This is represented as e.g. Alt-8212 or Alt+8212 for the em dash, but you don't actually press a plus or minus key. This should work in all programs, _possibly_ excepting Word. (I'm on a laptop, and there are some funky issues with the interaction between Word and my keyboard, so I'm not sure about this.) In Word 2003 you insert Unicode characters by _first_ typing the _hex_ code and then typing Alt-X. Same example: decimal 8212 is hex 2014, so in Word you type 2014 and then key Alt-X to get an em dash. (That particular character is easier to get by Ctrl-Alt-minus, using the numeric keypad minus not the alphabetic hyphen.) All the above assumes that your current font actually includes the necessary character. Practice with Alt-0233 or E9 Alt-X, which is é (acute accent e) -- that should be in nearly all Windows fonts these days. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ |
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Aahhhh, and the first link even has the registry setting that's necessary!
HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method set EnableHexNumpad to "1" (variable type is REG_SZ) I swear that wasn't on the site the last time I looked. Would never have looked at that site again if it hadn't been for your post... Thanks! ;-) Klaus "Klaus Linke" wrote: Hi Stan, Thank you! Happens often enough, but in this case, I didn't mix things up ;-) http://www.fileformat.info/tip/micro...er_unicode.htm or from the horse's mouth http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/r.../glossary.mspx (under "Alt+Numpad") Regards, Klaus "Stan Brown" wrote: In article , Klaus Linke favored us with... I heard that you can insert Unicode characters using their hex code in Win2003 Server and XP, but it never worked for me in Win XP. I think you are mixing up elements of two different entry schemes. In native Windows XP, you insert Unicode characters using Alt and their _decimal_ code. (Probably this includes 2003 Server, but I don't have a copy to test with.) Press and hold the Alt key, type the numbers on the numeric key pad (NumLock must be on), then release the Alt key. This is represented as e.g. Alt-8212 or Alt+8212 for the em dash, but you don't actually press a plus or minus key. This should work in all programs, _possibly_ excepting Word. (I'm on a laptop, and there are some funky issues with the interaction between Word and my keyboard, so I'm not sure about this.) In Word 2003 you insert Unicode characters by _first_ typing the _hex_ code and then typing Alt-X. Same example: decimal 8212 is hex 2014, so in Word you type 2014 and then key Alt-X to get an em dash. (That particular character is easier to get by Ctrl-Alt-minus, using the numeric keypad minus not the alphabetic hyphen.) All the above assumes that your current font actually includes the necessary character. Practice with Alt-0233 or E9 Alt-X, which is é (acute accent e) -- that should be in nearly all Windows fonts these days. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ |
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In article , Klaus Linke
favored us with... http://www.fileformat.info/tip/micro...er_unicode.htm Thanks for the new information. I have been frustrated in the past by getting hex Unicode values and having to convert them to decimal -- now I won't have to do that any more. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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never noticed you meant O/S - mines XP pro v 5.1 - the preceding '+' sign
seems to work fine for hex symbols - shame it's not standardised method "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... That's why I asked about the OS, since it's an operating system feature, not a Word feature. I heard that you can insert Unicode characters using their hex code in Win2003 Server and XP, but it never worked for me in Win XP. Maybe you need some additional software or setting? Regards, Klaus "JethroUK©" wrote: works for me on Word 2002 - just thought it was worth a try "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... "JethroUK©" wrote: try: Hold down 'Alt' Press "+" (numeric keypad) Type 2153 (numeric keypad) Release Alt Hi Jethro, This works for you? Which OS do you use? If I follow your steps (Word2003, WinXP) I get the character with decimal code 2153, the same as if I hadn't pressed the "+". To get 1/3, I would have to use 2153 converted to a decimal number (Alt+8531). 2*16*16*16 + 1*16*16 + 5*16 + 3 = 8531 Greetings, Klaus |
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