Does Word 2003 have arrows etc. ?

[drybones]

Need to use fractions and arrows in a document.

Any chance that they might be available?

Thanks to all who might reply,
drybones

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Symbols font

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Depending on your needs, you may be able to get by with characters from the
Symbol font, as JoAnn suggests, or one of the Wingdings fonts (Wingdings 3
is pretty much all arrows); see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm. For fractions, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm. If you're trying to
write equations, you should be using Word's Equation Editor.

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day DryBones,

Investigate:

FRACTIONS
==========
Most fonts include single characters that represent fractions:
Symbol Numeric KeyPad Usually available in AutoCorrect
¼ ALT+0188 Type "1/4" followed by SPACE
½ ALT+0189 Type "1/2" followed by SPACE
¾ ALT+0190 Type "3/4" followed by SPACE

Word supports other characters, that this News Reader application (Outlook
Express) does not support. Those characters represent the fractions:
1/3 Type "2153" followed by ALT+X
2/3 Type "2154" followed by ALT+X
1/8 Type "215B" followed by ALT+X
3/8 Type "215C' followed by ALT+X
5/8 Type "215D" followed by ALT+X
7/8 Type "215E" followed by ALT+X.
(You could add these to AutoCorrect yourself).

These are the ONLY fractions generally available to Word as characters.

To improve on this,see:
http://www.gmayor.com/createfraction.htm (also has the VBA code)
or
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm
for the general method.

ARROWS (and more...)
=================
Menu: Insert>Symbol

Look at the following fonts (in particular):
Symbol
MT Extra
Wingdings
Wingdings 2
Wingdings 3
Webdings .........(there are others).

BULLETS
=======
Most of these Symbols are also available as 'bullets'.
Menu: Format>Bullets and Numbering...

 

[Stan Brown]

Need to use fractions and arrows in a document.

Any chance that they might be available?

Insert > Symbol

Some arrows and fractions will be available in your normal text
font; for others change the drop-down font selector to Symbol or
Wingdings.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

 

[Stan Brown]

Word supports other characters, that this News Reader application (Outlook
Express) does not support. Those characters represent the fractions:
1/3 Type "2153" followed by ALT+X
2/3 Type "2154" followed by ALT+X
1/8 Type "215B" followed by ALT+X
3/8 Type "215C' followed by ALT+X
5/8 Type "215D" followed by ALT+X
7/8 Type "215E" followed by ALT+X.
(You could add these to AutoCorrect yourself).

Just a word of warning to the OP: Not every font has those
characters.

See <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CreateFraction.htm> for
how to tell which ones are in your font and what to do if the ones
you want aren't available.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
"My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters."
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert."
"I was misinformed."

 

[Gilles Desjardins]

You may wish to insert more complex equations. Insert, object, Microsoft
Equation 3.

This will give you a sophisticated math "writing area"

Gilles Desjardins

 

[drybones]

WOW!!!,
Information overload~~~ 8^))

I must thank each of you for your kindness and let you know
that I shall explore all advisories.
Drybones