[ralphs]

how do I make a ÷ symbol

[JoAnn Paules]

That's funny! That's like saying "May I ask a question?"


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"ralphs" wrote in message
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how do I make a ÷ symbol

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The ÷ is character 00F7 (Unicode) or 247 (ASCII) in most fonts. You can find
it in the Insert | Symbol dialog in the Latin-1 character subset, but for
some reason it is extremely elusive and easy to overlook. If you use it
often, you may want to assign a keyboard shortcut; I use Ctrl+:, - (that is,
Ctrl+colon, hyphen). You can also insert it by typing 00F7 and pressig Alt+X
or by pressing Alt+0247 on the numeric keypad. For more on inserting special
characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm

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"ralphs" wrote in message
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how do I make a ÷ symbol

[Tom Willett]

How did you make it in this post?

"ralphs" wrote in message
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| how do I make a ÷ symbol

[Tom Willett]

Suzanne: Reckon how he made it in his post ;-)

Tom

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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| The ÷ is character 00F7 (Unicode) or 247 (ASCII) in most fonts. You can
find
| it in the Insert | Symbol dialog in the Latin-1 character subset, but for
| some reason it is extremely elusive and easy to overlook. If you use it
| often, you may want to assign a keyboard shortcut; I use Ctrl+:, - (that
is,
| Ctrl+colon, hyphen). You can also insert it by typing 00F7 and pressig
Alt+X
| or by pressing Alt+0247 on the numeric keypad. For more on inserting
special
| characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.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.
|
| "ralphs" wrote in message
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| how do I make a ÷ symbol
|

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I imagine he inserted it using the Character Map in Windows or copy/pasted
it from somewhere. Note that the post originated in the Communities, which
means he was working in an HTML window, not in Word or a mail client.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Tom Willett" wrote in message
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Suzanne: Reckon how he made it in his post ;-)

Tom

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
| The ÷ is character 00F7 (Unicode) or 247 (ASCII) in most fonts. You can
find
| it in the Insert | Symbol dialog in the Latin-1 character subset, but
for
| some reason it is extremely elusive and easy to overlook. If you use it
| often, you may want to assign a keyboard shortcut; I use Ctrl+:, - (that
is,
| Ctrl+colon, hyphen). You can also insert it by typing 00F7 and pressig
Alt+X
| or by pressing Alt+0247 on the numeric keypad. For more on inserting
special
| characters, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.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.
|
| "ralphs" wrote in message
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| how do I make a ÷ symbol
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