how do I draw 7-segment displays in Word 2000

[Sally]

I am trying to draw a 7-segment LED display using Word 2000. I also need to
colour in particular segments in the display. I cannot find an Autoshape to
do this. Is there any other way ?

 

[Doug Robbins]

Google for 7 segment font.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A font won't allow you to color the segments individually, though.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Suzanne,

With the font you'd likely have all of the possible
combinations that the 7-segment LED
(such as older style digital watches), or 7 segment
font character displays can produce from the layout of
two vertical bars on the left, 3 horizontal bars down
the center and 2 vertical bars on the right (7 segments),
so you could apply a color to the character showing the 'lit'
segments.

The number 8 is all 7 segments lit, for example.
I've attached a graphic (available through viewing the
message via news://msnews.microsoft.com but not in google
or MS community browser based views) of 3 ways to do this in Word
showing the number 5 as an example.

A. Created with vertical and horizontal autoshape line
segments, using the Draw=>Align or Distribute tool
and coloring the segments.

B. A 5 row, 5 column table using Format=>Borders and Shadings
with filled cells.

C. A 7 segment LED font character. Note that here
the segments have 'mitered' segment separators where
the table and autoshape method are 'squared' and
less refined.

The Drawing method can produce the mitered effect by
using trapezoids and the table can have diagonal
lines drawn in the corner cells, but it's not a quick
'work' environment.


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A font won't allow you to color the segments individually, though.


Suzanne S. Barnhill>>
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not to disparage your efforts, but I'm afraid none of those looks very
convincing! Although there is some variation in the design of seven-segment
characters, the "classic" ones use only elongated diamonds (which produced
rounded edges). Some of the newer ones lean to the right more, and all the
segments are sort of rounded. Although the uprights may be longer than the
crossbars, they are the same width, unlike your third and fourth examples.

Oops, forgot the small sample (and forgot to list
the fourth example shown - WordArt using the TTF font <g>)

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