Dusty
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 03:32 PM |
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More word help
Hardly dare ask such a dumb question but I can't work out how to write fractions like a half or a quarter. 1/2 and 1/4 aint it. Been faffing
with help and the microsoft website help for ages and it's driving me nuts. Pretty Please, and no laughing.
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arrybradbury
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 03:42 PM |
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Go to Insert - Object. Do you have Microsoft equation editor 3.0 or similar in the drop down menu? If you click on that a little box comes up and
allows you to write any equations you like.
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Humbug
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 03:46 PM |
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...or Tools -> AutoCorrect Options and clikc on the AutoFormat as you type tab. If there is an option like "Fractions (1/2) with fraction
character (½)" check the box.
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Aboardman
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 04:57 PM |
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or bring up the character map and by using a combination of holding the alt key and 4 digits on the number bad brings up character.
² alt + 0178
¼ alt + 0188
½ alt + 0189
¾ alt + 0190
³ alt + 0179
note they will change depending on your font.
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Dusty
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| posted on 2/6/07 at 10:37 PM |
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Have installed Equations from office tools and doesn't seem to have fractions in it. Checked the options box for fractions in autocorrect and
that seems good for 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 but no others. Fiddling with super/subscript buttons allows something approaching what I want but I had hoped to
be able to write 15/32 and then press 'alt + f' or something so that I could put fractions on the board etc rather than just in word
documents. Thanks for the help.
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awinter
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 07:10 AM |
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¼, ♂
Try the insert menu and symbol, this gives you all of the available symbols any available font listed by font.
I think the only way to get them on here is to copy andt paste,
², having said that the codes work, ¾ from Aboardman
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dmac
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| posted on 6/6/07 at 06:39 AM |
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You could also use a macro such as the one below (the bit between the Sub Makefract() and End Sub lines) to make a fraction out of any pair of
numbers. Once you have installed the macro, type in the text like this 123/345 select it and run the macro.
Sub makefract()
'
' makefract Macro
' Macro created 20/07/01 by Duncan Macarthur
'
On Error GoTo notafract
Dim fractionbit As Range
With Selection
forwardslash = InStr(.Text, "/")
Set fractionbit = ActiveDocument.Range _
(Start:=.Start, End:=.Start + forwardslash - 1)
fractionbit.Font.Superscript = True
Set fractionbit = ActiveDocument.Range _
(Start:=.Start + forwardslash, End:=.End)
fractionbit.Font.Subscript = True
End With
Exit Sub
notafract:
MsgBox "The selected text is not a valid fraction"
End Sub
Duncan
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