How to Create a Division Mark

[JD]

I mean the mathematical symbol for "divided by."
I've tried the character map and searching Help. It's probably right in
front of me but I can't see it.
I'd appreciate some help.

 

[AA2e72E]

If you are using Time New Roman, with NUM Lock On, press ALT and 247 on the
numeric keypad.

 

[AA2e72E]

I meant :
Num Lock On then ALT + 246 (not 247).

 

[GV]

The division symbol can be found in Symbol or any of the basic fonts e.g.
Arial in the character map. usually in the middle on the 6th or 7th line

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The difficulty of finding this symbol is probably that you are looking for
it in the Mathematical Operators subset in Insert | Symbol. But it's part of
the basic Latin-1 character set: 00F7 or 0247. In Word 2002 or 2003, it is
the seventh character in the twelfth row of the Symbol dialog.

You can insert it using Alt+0247 (on the numeric keypad) as others have
suggested. In Word 2002/2003, you can also insert it using 00F7, Alt+X. If
you use it frequently, you might prefer to assign an easier keyboard
shortcut.

 

[JD]

Many thanks to all respondents. I find that the Alt+246 and Alt+0247 work
fine. I also found the item in the Insert Symbols list.
I cannot make sense of the 00F7, Alt+X formula, however. How does that work?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You type 00F7, then press Alt+X. For fun, select any character in a document
and press Alt+X; Word will substitute the Unicode number. (Alt+X again or
Undo to get your character back.)