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Subject:Re: Fraction symbols for Word 97? From:Paul Anderson <indus -at- CANUCK -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 16 May 1999 10:31:00 -0600
Jacque, I tried your suggestion and it seem to work very nicely. I still have
to test to make sure various printers can handle it, but in any event thank
you for the excellent suggestion.
cheers, Paul Anderson
Jacque Foreman wrote:
> Paul -
>
> The way I create fracttions in PageMaker and Quark may also be possible
> in Word. I create the numerator by using the superscript option and the
> denominator with the subscript option, and place a forward slash between
> the two. Both these programs allow a "preference" for the placement of
> both subscript and superscript, so I can "adjust" the location for the
> look I want.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Happiness, joy & laughter
>
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> On Sat, 15 May 1999 18:32:01 -0600 Paul Anderson <indus -at- CANUCK -dot- COM>
> writes:
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> >Hi all, does anyone out there know how one might go about expanding
> >the
> >range of fraction symbols available for use in Word 97? Are there
> >special character sets available as add-ins? Or failing that, does
> >anyone know of a work-around?
> >thanks,
> >Paul Anderson
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