Fractions in Word using Alt key and number pad.

[Mrs Pamela Horan]

I use the Alt key plus number pad to express fractions.
e.g. Alt plus 172 give you ¼ fraction. Is it possible to
obtain a one-third and two-thirds fraction this way.

I can obtain these fractions from Insert, Symbols, but
much prefer to do it the other way.

Thanking you.
Pam

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Pamela,

Those characters are present only in some Unicode fonts, and the Alt +
number pad method doesn't work.

In Word 2002 you can type 2153 (for a 1/3 character) or 2154 (for 2/3) into
the document and then press Alt+X.

This doesn't work in Word 2000, where you have to use Insert > Symbol.
However, in that dialog you can click the Shortcut Key button and assign a
shortcut of your choice to each of the characters.