How can I set MS Word in MS Office 2003 to show fractions eg 2/3

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Zebidee - 14 Mar 2007 10:16 GMT

My MS Word program is set to show the usual fractions as fractions on a split
line but when I type such fractions as 2/3rds or 4/5ths they do not show as
such.

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Graham Mayor - 14 Mar 2007 10:47 GMT

There are a couple of possibilities - see:

http://www.gmayor.com/createfraction.htm
or
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm

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> My MS Word program is set to show the usual fractions as fractions on
> a split line but when I type such fractions as 2/3rds or 4/5ths they
> do not show as such.

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Jezebel - 14 Mar 2007 10:55 GMT

If you look at your autocorrect settings you'll see that some common
fractions, entered as individual characters (eg '1' + '/' + '2'), will
autocorrect to the corresponding character in the default character set. You
can do the same with any other fractions, if you can find a font that
contains single characters for the fractions you want to use. The standard
unicode set has the thirds and eighths at positions 2153 - 2158.

> My MS Word program is set to show the usual fractions as fractions on a
> split
> line but when I type such fractions as 2/3rds or 4/5ths they do not show
> as
> such.

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