I want to be able to type the numbe zero, but with the line through the 
character as often used in computer generated text.

Jackson wrote:
> I want to be able to type the numbe zero, but with the line through
> the character as often used in computer generated text.

The preferred way is to use a font that has the line through the zero 
character. One such font is Consolas, which comes with Office 2007 (or, if 
you have an earlier version of Office, download the Compatibility Pack which 
includes the new fonts). You may find other fonts with this character on the 
Web.

A less preferable way is to use a field to combine the zero character and 
the slash character. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm, in 
the section "Arithmetic mean, shorthand characters". This form won't be 
recognized as a zero if you use calculation fields.

-- 
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so 
all may benefit. 

There's also more on this at 
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineCharacters.htm

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message 
news:OFyAdY$fKHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Jackson wrote:
>> I want to be able to type the numbe zero, but with the line through
>> the character as often used in computer generated text.
>
> The preferred way is to use a font that has the line through the zero 
> character. One such font is Consolas, which comes with Office 2007 (or, if 
> you have an earlier version of Office, download the Compatibility Pack 
> which includes the new fonts). You may find other fonts with this 
> character on the Web.
>
> A less preferable way is to use a field to combine the zero character and 
> the slash character. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm, 
> in the section "Arithmetic mean, shorthand characters". This form won't be 
> recognized as a zero if you use calculation fields.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup 
> so all may benefit.
>
> 

Note: If you want your slashed zero to appear like that to others, use 
Suzanne's instructions. If you use a "fancy" font and forward that document 
to someone who doesn't have that font, they probably will see just a plain 
zero.

-- 
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message 
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> There's also more on this at 
> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineCharacters.htm
>
> -- 
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message 
> news:OFyAdY$fKHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Jackson wrote:
>>> I want to be able to type the numbe zero, but with the line through
>>> the character as often used in computer generated text.
>>
>> The preferred way is to use a font that has the line through the zero 
>> character. One such font is Consolas, which comes with Office 2007 (or, 
>> if you have an earlier version of Office, download the Compatibility Pack 
>> which includes the new fonts). You may find other fonts with this 
>> character on the Web.
>>
>> A less preferable way is to use a field to combine the zero character and 
>> the slash character. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm, 
>> in the section "Arithmetic mean, shorthand characters". This form won't 
>> be recognized as a zero if you use calculation fields.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
>> Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup 
>> so all may benefit.
>>
>>
> 

But if you have to do math with it, you'll need a true font character.

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com> wrote in message 
news:OZ02zSDgKHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Note: If you want your slashed zero to appear like that to others, use 
> Suzanne's instructions. If you use a "fancy" font and forward that 
> document to someone who doesn't have that font, they probably will see 
> just a plain zero.
>
> -- 
> JoAnn Paules
> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
> Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
>
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message 
> news:%23dEsE1$fKHA.2596@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> There's also more on this at 
>> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineCharacters.htm
>>
>> -- 
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message 
>> news:OFyAdY$fKHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Jackson wrote:
>>>> I want to be able to type the numbe zero, but with the line through
>>>> the character as often used in computer generated text.
>>>
>>> The preferred way is to use a font that has the line through the zero 
>>> character. One such font is Consolas, which comes with Office 2007 (or, 
>>> if you have an earlier version of Office, download the Compatibility 
>>> Pack which includes the new fonts). You may find other fonts with this 
>>> character on the Web.
>>>
>>> A less preferable way is to use a field to combine the zero character 
>>> and the slash character. See 
>>> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm, in the section 
>>> "Arithmetic mean, shorthand characters". This form won't be recognized 
>>> as a zero if you use calculation fields.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Regards,
>>> Jay Freedman
>>> Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the 
>>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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