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Download FRACTION.ZIP (v1.01; 08/23/07; 19,593 bytes)
Compatible with WordPerfect 9-X3+
Downloading,
Documentation, Modifications, and Support
The older version of this macro (v1.0) works
in WP8 and is included in a separate ZIP download file,
FRACTION-WP8.ZIP (9,378 bytes).
Users of WP9 and later should use the newer version above. |
Purpose
This WordPerfect 9+ macro automatically
converts any typed fraction (e.g., 1/100) to a super-
and subscripted number. (WordPerfect 8 users: See left
sidebar for the early version of this macro.)
Fraction.wcm produces fractions very similar
in appearance to those in the WordPerfect symbol set: 1/2, 1/3,
1/4, etc. That is, the small set of fractions that are created
with QuickCorrect (if turned on with Tools, QuickCorrect, Replace
words as you type) or that can be inserted with Insert, Symbol
(or Ctrl+W), Typographioal Symbols.
Instructions
To use it, either
(1) type the desired fraction (without
a following space) -- e.g., 1 5/8 (one and five-eighth) -- and
play the macro;
or
(2) place the cursor on an existing fraction
-- or just after the last number of the fraction -- and play
the macro.
If you type the fraction (#1 above), don't
add a space or other character immediately after the last number.
While WordPerfect's QuickCorrect requires this, the Fraction
macro does not (and will not convert the numbers to a fraction
if you type a following space just before playing the macro).
If there is a following space, you can move the cursor back to
(or on top of) the fraction before playing the macro (#2 above).
For compound fractions (i.e., mixed
numbers), such as 1 ½, type a normal space (i.e., not
a hard space or hyphen) between the whole number (the integer)
and the fraction. The macro needs to know where the fractional
part of the number begins, and the space does that. (See also
the Tips
below about removing this space, if desired.)
Advantages
- Any fraction can be converted -- 1/2, 10/250,
10 5/16, etc. In contrast, WordPerfect's QuickCorrect depends
on a small set of built-in fraction symbols.
- The fraction more closely resembles the fractions
created by WordPerfect's QuickCorrect than if you simply user
superscript and subscript formatting (i.e., Format, Font). For
example, the denominator "sits" on the text baseline
when you use this macro, rather than below it.
- The macro can convert an existing fraction
elsewhere in the text as well as the one just typed, with no
need for a menu or other dialog. Just place the cursor on the
existing fraction and play the macro.
Tips
- The macro can be assigned to a toolbar
button or keystroke combination
for easy access while typing.
- (New in version 1.01) You can set an option in the redlined User Modification Area of the macro's code to have the macro automatically
remove any spaces between a whole number and the fraction. You
can also have the space replaced with a regular hyphen or a hard
hyphen. (See limitations below.)
- On some monitors at certain screen resolutions,
the fraction may appear too small or "cramped". Try
a test printout and see if the macro produces an acceptable printed
fraction. The fraction looks best at font sizes in the range
of about 10-14 points. With font sizes outside this range you
may want to adjust the vertical and horizontal advance commands
in the User Modification
Area of the macro's code. There, you can
also remove the [Small] relative font size attribute if you want
the fraction to appear in normal size text.
Known limitations
- If you choose the option in the User Modification Area of the macro's code to remove spaces between any
whole number and the following fraction (e.g., the space between
1 and 3/4 in a number such as 1 3/4), and there are format
codes already applied to the whole number or the fraction, the
macro will not remove the spaces or may otherwise become confused.
(It cannot anticipate every possible thing you might do to format
the item.) Use regular spaces (press the <spacebar>) between
the whole number and the fraction, and without using additional
format codes.
- Playing the macro a second time on
a mixed number (an integer plus a fraction) where the space between
the integer and the fraction has been (1) removed or (2) replaced
with a hyphen will produce erroneous results: In the first case
the integer and the numerator will be combined; in the second
case, the integer will be bolded (if bold was used in the fraction).
However, if an intervening space is present, the macro should
work properly no matter how often the macro is played on that
compound fraction.
- Typing a fraction on the first line of a
Header, Footer, Watermark or Text Box will cause the denominator
of the fraction to display slightly below the baseline. This
is apparently due to the way these items are structured. You
can add a vertical advance code (with Format, Typesetting) at
the beginning of the first line in these items to move all text
down a fraction of an inch (try 0.02") to compensate.
- The macro does not work in footnotes (but
it does work in endnotes). However, you can cut-and-paste a converted
fraction (with all its format codes) into a footnote.
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