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Keystrokes for division sign.

Anonymous
2013-10-28T00:53:44+00:00

Windows help says Alt+0247. I must not understand, because when I press Alt and then start entering numbers, the document starts printing!

How, exactly, can I insert a division sign in my document?

[BTW, I saved instructions from Windows XP and it said, "Num Lock On - Alt+246. I couldn't make that work either.]

Please advise.

Gratefully,

Grandpa

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-28T06:10:52+00:00

    I take it you are using the numeric key pad? It doesn't work with the numbers on the main keyboard.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-10-28T12:52:55+00:00

    Within Word, you can create any Unicode character by typing the character number and then pressing Alt+X. So in this case you would type 266B and then press Alt+X. The Unicode number for the division sign is 00F7.

    If you use the division sign often, you may want to assign a keyboard shortcut for it. I have assigned Ctrl+:, - (that is, Ctrl and colon together, then hyphen).

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-28T01:19:37+00:00

    It is NUMLOCK ON ALT+0247

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-28T07:12:10+00:00

    It is NUMLOCK ON ALT+0247

    Thank you. The instruction on the symbols sheet does not specify that NUMLOCK must be turned on.

    With that key on and using the numeric keypad as Graham instructs, I now have the division sign.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-28T07:09:31+00:00

    I take it you are using the numeric key pad? It doesn't work with the numbers on the main keyboard.

    Thank you. I was, in fact, using the main keyboard.

    I see that the "symbols" sheet offers a musical note with the information that the shortcut key is "266B."

    How is that effected?

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