Okay, that worked pretty well for my purpose here. While not _totally_ convenient (to change the number under the dot is a bit more work than just applying a character style or font), the end result is pretty darn decent.
Since all these numbers are in-line with body text, the ESC,m,p is important, and I also had to do a bit of micro-positioning to make it look good. I will do some PDF output to make sure everything looks good there too. Thanks again, Bernard! Z -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Syed Zaeem Hosain ([email protected]) Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:10 PM To: bernard at publishingsmarter.com Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number? Ah! I had not thought about using the equation editor ... I will look into that. Thanks! Z -----Original Message----- From: bernard at publishingsmarter.com [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:34 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number? Would an equation work for you? I think it's Special > Equation, and then you need to select Small, Medium, Large (based on font, not on complexity). >From there click Symbols, and choose the Diacritical. In there select the very bottom leftmost symbol. Type a 9. Press Esc, m, p (note that is case sensitive) and it should work. If needed, go with a Medium or Large equation. I'd suggest you may want to build all of this one number in the equation editor. Hope that helps, Bernard ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: 4/13/10 8:57 PM Subject: How do I add a recurring decimal dot above the last digit of a number? > Hi, all. > > I am using FM 9 (9.0p250) on a Vista system. > > This document is written in English (specifically, Palatino Linotype for > general text and Consolas fonts in certain places) and have a need to add the > "recurring decimal" dot above a number. (There isn't any current need to > change this document into another language, by the way.) > > For example, 10.999 where the last 9 has a dot on top to mean that there are > more 9's after there - ad infinitum. > > How do I do this in a generic way? I.e., add above the last digit of the > number only, without having to do something oddball that could make it > tortuous (since the digit could be different in different places or could be > changed/edited later, etc.). > > Thanks! > > Z
