Thanks Lee. I've checked the digits and digits-All categories and these will open up a few more options for me. But as Jonathan pointed out, apparently unicode does't do 2 digit denominators.
I don't use fractions all that often, usually use metric measurements or approximations so not really critical - would just be nice. I fiddled around with Superscript, Subscript, size changes, character spacing and now have all the sixteenths saved in a file from which I can cut and paste. Besides the editor of the magazine will probably reformat all I send. Thanks for opening up the Digits and Digits-All. I need everything I can count on. Anne On Feb 21, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 20, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Anne Cartwright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Any ides how to get Pages to make fractions like 13/16 so that it all fits >> within one line spacing. Pages does halves, firths, eights, but not >> sixteenth that I can figure out. > > Many of the Unicode fonts have special characters for the numerator and > denominator of fractions. If you're not seeing them, maybe you don’t have > your preferences set up to do so. In version 5 of Pages, go to Edit>Special > Characters… Click the gear wheel on the upper left of the pane to bring up > the Unicode preferences. Under Customize List, make sure the Digits and > Digits - All are selected. Then, if you scroll down in the Unicode selection > pane, there will be a pretty complete set of fraction-building characters in > the Digits and Digit - All categories. > > Also, there are many fonts customized for building fractions. Google is your > friend here. > > If you find yourself using fractions a lot, it might be better to switch word > processors to something with more capability like Nisus or Mellel. (If you're > really serious about such things, LaTeX is the best, but has a steep learning > curve.) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
