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create a symbol?
Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007?
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create a symbol?
"Pronet" wrote:
Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007? Good news: Type 2154 then Alt+X. Bad news: But the character for 2/3 doesn't exist in most fonts, and even if it does, many other fractions don't. Good news: More fonts have superscripted and subscriped numbers, and the fraction slash U+2044 and/or division slash U+2215. So you can build any fraction using those characters. Bad news: There's still a lot of fonts that don't have the necessary characters. Good news: You can still build your own fractions using properly subscripted and superscripted numbers. Bad news: That's a lot of work. Good news: People have written macros to do the job for you. See for example Graham Mayor's web site http://www.gmayor.com/createfraction.htm Regards, Klaus |
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create a symbol?
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.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. "Pronet" wrote in message ... Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007? |
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Thanks Klaus
Have a look at the next reply. Ed "Klaus Linke" wrote: "Pronet" wrote: Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007? Good news: Type 2154 then Alt+X. Bad news: But the character for 2/3 doesn't exist in most fonts, and even if it does, many other fractions don't. Good news: More fonts have superscripted and subscriped numbers, and the fraction slash U+2044 and/or division slash U+2215. So you can build any fraction using those characters. Bad news: There's still a lot of fonts that don't have the necessary characters. Good news: You can still build your own fractions using properly subscripted and superscripted numbers. Bad news: That's a lot of work. Good news: People have written macros to do the job for you. See for example Graham Mayor's web site http://www.gmayor.com/createfraction.htm Regards, Klaus |
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Thanks Suzanne - worked perfect.
Ed "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.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. "Pronet" wrote in message ... Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007? |
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Did you read all of Klaus's reply? You might want to check out Graham's
macro. -- 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. "Pronet" wrote in message ... Thanks Klaus Have a look at the next reply. Ed "Klaus Linke" wrote: "Pronet" wrote: Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007? Good news: Type 2154 then Alt+X. Bad news: But the character for 2/3 doesn't exist in most fonts, and even if it does, many other fractions don't. Good news: More fonts have superscripted and subscriped numbers, and the fraction slash U+2044 and/or division slash U+2215. So you can build any fraction using those characters. Bad news: There's still a lot of fonts that don't have the necessary characters. Good news: You can still build your own fractions using properly subscripted and superscripted numbers. Bad news: That's a lot of work. Good news: People have written macros to do the job for you. See for example Graham Mayor's web site http://www.gmayor.com/createfraction.htm Regards, Klaus |
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