[Britcannuck]

I am creating a docment in Word 2000 using tables. ( I am making a price list
for products with fractional dimensions) When I type 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 or 1 3/4
the fraction shrinks to a more presentably size as soon as I touch the space
bar. However this does not happen with 3/8, 7/8, or 7/16 -why
One guy office and no one to ask!

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...teFraction.htm .

Britcannuck wrote:

I am creating a docment in Word 2000 using tables. ( I am making a price list
for products with fractional dimensions) When I type 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 or 1 3/4
the fraction shrinks to a more presentably size as soon as I touch the space
bar. However this does not happen with 3/8, 7/8, or 7/16 -why
One guy office and no one to ask!

[Jay Freedman]

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...teFraction.htm.

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Britcannuck wrote:
I am creating a docment in Word 2000 using tables. ( I am making a
price list for products with fractional dimensions) When I type 1 1/2
or 1 1/4 or 1 3/4 the fraction shrinks to a more presentably size as
soon as I touch the space bar. However this does not happen with 3/8,
7/8, or 7/16 -why
One guy office and no one to ask!

[Stan Brown]

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:45:01 -0800 from Britcannuck
:
I am creating a docment in Word 2000 using tables. ( I am making a price list
for products with fractional dimensions) When I type 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 or 1 3/4
the fraction shrinks to a more presentably size as soon as I touch the space
bar. However this does not happen with 3/8, 7/8, or 7/16 -why
One guy office and no one to ask!

Most fonts contain single characters 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4. Most do not
contain single characters for other fractions.

Others have already given you a link to instructions for creating
fractions.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/

[Tom Ferguson]

Others have given information or links on how to achieve fractions in
your documents.
Some methods work better than others. For a consistent look-and-feel to
the page, it is usually best to create all fractions using the same
method.

Some find it useful to create such fractions using a special-purpose
symbol font such as New Century Schoolbook Fraction. There are others.

http://www.paratype.com/fstore/fonts...Schoolbook.htm

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User

"Britcannuck" wrote in message
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I am creating a docment in Word 2000 using tables. ( I am making a
price list
for products with fractional dimensions) When I type 1 1/2 or 1 1/4 or
1 3/4
the fraction shrinks to a more presentably size as soon as I touch the
space
bar. However this does not happen with 3/8, 7/8, or 7/16 -why
One guy office and no one to ask!

[Pop`]

Britcannuck wrote:
I am creating a docment in Word 2000 using tables. ( I am making a
price list for products with fractional dimensions) When I type 1 1/2
or 1 1/4 or 1 3/4 the fraction shrinks to a more presentably size as
soon as I touch the space bar. However this does not happen with 3/8,
7/8, or 7/16 -why
One guy office and no one to ask!

I've used auto-text for that with good results.