How do I set up the number 0 with a / through it as my default zer

[rmtjr]

Is there a way to use the European style zero, an "0" with an "/" through it
as my default zero character without having to insert from the symbols
selections all the time?
rmtjr

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It is not "European style," AFAIK, and if you're using U00D8, then this is
"Latin capital letter O with stroke," not a zero. The only way to get a
slashed zero by default is to use a font that has a zero (U0030) in that
style.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

You can of course use an EQ field to create a "zero with stroke":
{ EQ \o(0,/) }

FWIW, "Latin capital letter O with a stroke" (Ø) and its lowercase version
(ø) are used in Norwegian and Danish, corresponding to the Swedish letters
Ö, ö. (All of these letters are available in the ANSI character set.)

 

[Jay Freedman]

Carrying this on a step further, be aware that if you do use an EQ
field to construct a slashed zero, it won't be recognized as a digit
by other fields (such as {=SUM(ABOVE)} that do calculations with text.
If you use a font that contains the proper glyph as Suzanne said, then
it will behave like a zero in calculations.

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[Stefan Blom]

Good point.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Carrying this on a step further, be aware that if you do use an EQ
field to construct a slashed zero, it won't be recognized as a digit
by other fields (such as {=SUM(ABOVE)} that do calculations with text.
If you use a font that contains the proper glyph as Suzanne said, then
it will behave like a zero in calculations.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Peter T. Daniels]

And even if you don't need to do calculations with the zero, if it's a
Danish slashed-cap-O, it doesn't line up with the numbers above and
below it (it's wider than the width of the actual digits).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note that the EQ field you actually need for this is:

{ EQ \o (0,/)}

that is, with the trailing space removed. It is a peculiarity of the EQ
field (regardless of switch) that, if you don't delete that space, it shows
up in the result, and this has plagued many EQ field users, especially when
creating the slashed zero; those who don't have nonprinting characters
displayed don't realize what's going on--just that the zero doesn't line up
properly.


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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Yes, I noticed. This seems to be more complex than I initially thought.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Those are among the issues addressed in the "Gotchas" and "Caveats about
slashed zeroes" sections of my article at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineCharacters.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Thank you. (I should have realized there were an article somewhere!)