Hi Thank you for the sanity check!! I was doing Alt 188 which gives a + Regards Graham
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Tracy Pearson Sent: Tue 21/12/2010 14:30 To: GrahamB Subject: RE: Entering fractions into a text box Graham Brown wrote on 2010-12-21: > Hi all > > One of my clients has asked why he can't input fractions into a > product description field so something like "3/4 round bar". > > When I type this in Word it formats to a smaller font with the 3 above > the 4 like a normal fraction I guess. > > I think it is probably to do with codepages but I can't see anyway to > do this. > > Anybody got any clues please. > > Regards > Graham, Using the Windows Character Map program. I selected the Arial Windows: Western format. Found 1/4 1/2 and 3/4 characters. To type them directly into Windows, hold the Alt key down while typing out the key combination on the keypad. ¼ - Alt+0188 - Chr(0xBC) ½ - Alt+0189 - Chr(0xBD) ¾ - Alt+0190 - Chr(0xBE) Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
