Tuesday, October 6, 2009

How do you insert a fraction in Microsoft office programs?

It is 2007 to be specific. I know you can inssert one half, one quarter and three fourths where it says insert symbol. i want the fraction four fifths. i need it for microsoft pulisher. thanx! =)



How do you insert a fraction in Microsoft office programs?ducati



1. Type a fraction such as 4/5; instead of the / (forward slash) character from your keyboard, you鈥檒l probably want to use the fraction slash or 鈥渄ivision slash.鈥?You can find this in the Mathematical Operators subset in Unicode fonts or as character 164 in the Symbol font. It is longer and more nearly horizontal and therefore works better for this type of fraction.



2. Select the numerator and format it as Superscript (Ctrl + Shift + = ).



3. Select the denominator and format it as Subscript (Ctrl + =).



Fractions created in this way may need some manipulation to look their best (experiment with the Spacing and Position settings on the Character Spacing tab of Format | Font). If you鈥檒l be using specific ones frequently, you鈥檒l want to save them as AutoCorrect entries. Also, it is best not to call attention to their failings by mixing them with the built-in font characters. If you will be using this method to create fractions for 1/6 and 1/9, say, do it for 1/4, 1/8, and so on as well so that all the fractions in your document will be uniform.

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