One Eighth

[lankeela]

I have been asked to find out if there is any way to type one eighth as a fraction other than 1/8 as apparently you can do others but not that one on a normal keyboard.

[factor-fiction]

⅛

[MarkRae]

You mean like this: ⅛...?

[factor-fiction]

I just type them in Word using the 'insert symbol' facility, then paste it into AB etc as required. There may be a keyboard shortcut but I don't know it

[Old_Geezer]

2/16, 4/32, 8/64

You can use the "charector map" application to find them.

There will also be a Alt code but I'm unsure what it is.

[ichkeria]

The unicode key for 1/8 is 215B (8539 in decimal). However, typing Alt08539 here gives a different character. It's maybe something to do with the font.
You can use Alt+ and the hexcode, perhaps, but I don't have my system set up to read hex.
Or there may be a simpler way :-)

[sunny-dave]

♥♂♀© etc using alt codes - list here (doesn't seem to be one for ⅛)

http://www.tedmontgom...torial/ALTchrc-a.html

[ichkeria]

Typing Alt(0)8539 works in Word, but not in my browser, however the browser obviously displays back the ⅛ character. It's definitely possible with the right code.

[Old_Geezer]

I spend a while trying to find an Alt code and have come to the conclusion that whatever system MS used to assign Alt codes it wasn't straightforward enough to simply increment the Alt number to indicate the next position in the font data file. I suspect no Alt value has been assigned to the characters you require, so can only reiterate my previous advice to use the character map application that comes with Windows.

[ChuckFickens]

as ichkeria indicates, its alt+8539

But it's application dependent, so it won't work in everything.

[maggiebee]

OK Mark, how did you do it?

[The Builder]

I guess one way would be to use EQ fields in "Word" ........ (EQuation)

http://word.tips.net/...ds_for_Fractions.html

[ichkeria]

I wouldn't like to speak for Mark, but the simplest way to do it, as suggested above, is to use an application (like Word - Insert Symbol) and simply copy and paste the character into your browser.
Another way of doing it in Word is to set up a keyboard shortcut, rather than the Insert Symbol option. And I think you can make the character combination 1/8 appear as ⅛ also.
It does seem rather daft that one has to go round the houses for this - there's no ASCII code for ⅛, which doesn't help.

[wolf63]

⅛

I used the character map function - I get lost with the alt codes.

[The Builder]

⅛ ............. OpenOffice .......... "insert" ......... "special character"

[MarkRae]

There's no ASCII code for it, but there is a Unicode code for it.

For Windows, you'll need to add a key to the Registry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input

Then, you can use the same technique with the Alt key as you do for ASCII codes. This will then allow the Unicode character to be entered into any application without having to faff around with Word.

[DTCwordfan]

☻for that tutorial folk......I use the Word ones but never have had a list of the Special Alt ones - it's now on my favs bar.