How to Insert a Slash Zero in Microsoft Word
A slash zero is often used in technical documents to make the difference between the letter "O" and the number "0" more apparent. It's possible to insert a slash zero into your Microsoft Word 2003 document by creating a field code to do so. Follow the steps below to insert a slash zero in a new or existing Word document.
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Instructions
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Start Microsoft Word 2003, and open a document from your files to which you want to include a slash zero or create a new blank document.
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Click in your document to place the insertion point where you would like to place the slash zero.
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Use the keyboard shortcut of CTRL+F9 to insert a pair of field braces where you have indicated. Verify that the insertion point is not in between the two field braces. The field braces must be entered into the document so Word knows you are entering a field.
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Type "eq \o (0,/)" (without the quotation marks) inside the pair of field braces. This is the code that will actually create your slash zero.
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Use the keyboard shortcut of SHIFT+F9 to display the field results of the code you have just typed into the Word document. The slash zero will now be displayed where you have just entered the field code.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use the keyboard shortcut of SHIFT+F9 to toggle between field codes and field results within your Word document.
You can use this field code as many times as you need to insert as many slash zeros into your document as you need.
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Comments
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dgreenx
Oct 21, 2009
This worked great, but I used it for slash b. For us programmer types, a slash b is used to indicate a blank space in a string of text. Here is the equation: {eq \o(b,/)} I also notices you need to take the space out after the closing parentheses if you don't want it to show up in your new special character. Thanks for the tip!!!
