Re: Font to differentiate # zero and letter 'O'?

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:05:50 -0500

This annoying trait (of including the space in the field result) is peculiar
to the EQ field; it doesn't show up in any other. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:eRBH6RgXEHA.3188@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Paul,
>
> It actually is a space character -- the one that Word automatically
inserts
> between the closing parenthesis and the closing field brace. Insert the
> AutoText entry into a document, right-click it, and select Toggle Field
> Code. You'll see
>
>    { eq \o(0,/) }
>
> For some odd reason, only the space before the closing brace shows up in
the
> field result; the one between the opening brace and the eq just
disappears.
>
> Delete the space character after the /) and before the }  -- this is
easier
> to do if you click the ¶ button so you can see the dot that represents the
> space. Press F9, select the field, Alt+F3, and give it the same name;
answer
> yes when asked whether to replace the existing entry.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP          FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>
> anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> > Hi Jay,
> >
> > Thanks, I like how that works.  I just have one
> > question.  When I insert the field I've created as
> > autotext, it takes up more space than any of the other
> > numbers in the font, so much that it almost looks like I
> > hit the spacebar after entering my special character.  Is
> > this something I have to live with if I do it this way,
> > or do you know if there is a way to make it take up less
> > space.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Paul
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> Hi Paul,
> >>
> >> Although Alt+0216 (Ø) may be acceptable, it's really a letter O with
> >> a line, not a zero. There is no commonly available font with a
> >> slashed zero, but Word can compose the symbol.
> >>
> >> Type this in a document:
> >>
> >>   eq \o(0,/)
> >>
> >> Select it all and press Ctrl+F9 to make it into a field, and press F9
> >> to update the field.
> >>
> >> Then select the field, press Alt+F3, and give it an AutoText name.
> >>
> >> "Mary Sauer" <gsauer@mycolumbus.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> alt+0216
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Mary Sauer MS MVP
> >>> http://office.microsoft.com/
> >>> http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
> >>> news://msnews.microsoft.com
> >>> "Paul Kraemer" <KraemerPW@cs.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:21d0701c45aee$782148a0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am using Word 2000.  I am preparing a document that
> >>>> includes both numbers and letters, and I'd like a font
> >>>> that will clearly differentiate between the number zero
> >>>> and the letter 'O' by drawing zero's with a line through
> >>>> them.  Has anyone seen a font like this?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Paul
>
>

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