Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Fractions in Maths

On 04/10/2013 03:48 PM, Tom wrote:
> Hi :)
> I thought that was what Math was for?  For simple equations as quoted it
> might seem strange to have a separate app to do that sort of thing but most
> people really don't need extra weight in Writer to do something they never
> do anyway.  It might be nice if it could handle simple things like 1/2 but
> aren't there "special characters" for most of those anyway?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
If you just want simple fractions, you can set up a compose key in Linux,
or use AllChars in Windows, to make ½ ⅓ ¼ ⅕ ⅙ ⅛. This works in all
apps, even in the terminal. It also makes lots of other things. like all the
diacritical marks on letters ä, ö ü, ñ, ç ß à á è é ì and µ € ¥ £ ¢ etc.

--doug

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