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bandi
In Win7 how do I change the 2/3 character to something smaller. It's
not listed in Character Map as was the case in WinXP.
not listed in Character Map as was the case in WinXP.
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Gordon
In what application are you trying to do this?
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bandi
MS Word 2002
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Gordon
Type "2/3" without the quotes, highlight it then either change the font
size or change it to superscript or subscript...
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VanguardLH
After a reply from the OP's in their other disconnected and duplicatedGordon said:
thread on the same topic, changing to a "smaller" size has nothing to do
with what the OP actually wanted to do. They wanted to have the
*string* of 3 characters "2/3" (sans quotes) replaced by a single "â…”"
character. In other words, they want to use the auto-formatting
function in their word processor (not identified at the beginning) to
replace a string of characters with a single character, similar to how
"--" would get replaced with an em-dash (wider dash) character.
So what the OP needs to go check is if auto-formatting is enabled in the
word processor and if the 2/3 string is listed as to what character gets
replaced for it. Might be an auto-correct function (replace a string of
characters with a character) or an auto-format function where fractions
(as character strings) get replaced with an equivalent single character
(but this is limited to only a few fractions, like 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3,
and 3/4). Obviously something like 432/763 won't have an equivalent
single character replacment (but superscripting and subscripting could
be used to make it look more like a fraction).
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Stuart Bouchey
I do not have Word 2002 but with Word 2010 in Win 7 it works similar to Word XP in XP.
In Word click "Insert", then "Symbol"; you may need to click "More Symbols" in some versions to get the symbol display.
On the display for Font accept or scroll to "(normal text)"; it has also worked for me in some fonts.
For Subset scroll to "Number Forms"
There you will find 1/3.
Select it and then click "Insert"
HTH
Stuart
In Word click "Insert", then "Symbol"; you may need to click "More Symbols" in some versions to get the symbol display.
On the display for Font accept or scroll to "(normal text)"; it has also worked for me in some fonts.
For Subset scroll to "Number Forms"
There you will find 1/3.
Select it and then click "Insert"
HTH
Stuart
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Gene E. Bloch
Well, 1/3 is indeed smaller than 2/3, but that's probably not what the
OP meant. Also, in my version, Word 2003, the 2/3 and 1/3 symbols are
next to each other.
Sorry - I just had to nag. Your answer is certainly useful even with the
typo
... and in spite of the OP's confusing query, I might add.BTW, in my Windows 7 Home Premium, I found this character in the
Character Map:
â…”
It is U+2154, named Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds.
There are several others near it, namely 1/3, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8, and 7/8. I
typed them in discreet form, since I have no idea how they'll render in
various newsreaders.
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Gene E. Bloch
Well, it might be discreet, but I really meant discreteWell, 1/3 is indeed smaller than 2/3, but that's probably not what the
OP meant. Also, in my version, Word 2003, the 2/3 and 1/3 symbols are
next to each other.
Sorry - I just had to nag. Your answer is certainly useful even with the
typo
BTW, in my Windows 7 Home Premium, I found this character in the
Character Map:
â…”
It is U+2154, named Vulgar Fraction Two Thirds.
There are several others near it, namely 1/3, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8, and 7/8. I
typed them in discreet form, since I have no idea how they'll render in
various newsreaders.
"Group by subrange" in Character Map, pointed out by NQ and relic in the
OP's 48-minute thread, was news to me. Thank you both - it adds a *lot*
to the utility of Character Map.
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Gordon
Absolutely. I didn't know about that either...
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Gene E. Bloch
Yeah. Considering how may years I've used the program, it's kind of
embarrassing...
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Gordon
Ah, but I don't recall Character Map in XP having those functions...
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Ed Cryer
Yes, very useful. You get foreign scripts like Greek and Arabic as well
as lots of mathematical symbols etc.
I've just checked on my XP machine and it's there; exactly like here on
Win7.
I thought I knew XP from top to bottom. I wonder how many other things
are there that I never found.
Ed
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Gene E. Bloch
I wondered whether it was a recent change, or whether I just missed it.
Thanks for being the message of doom - no, no, I mean dumb
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