How do I set up the number 0 with a / through it as my default zer

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Is there a way to use the European style zero, an "0" with an "/" through it
as my default zero character without having to insert from the symbols
selections all the time?
rmtjr
 
It is not "European style," AFAIK, and if you're using U00D8, then this is
"Latin capital letter O with stroke," not a zero. The only way to get a
slashed zero by default is to use a font that has a zero (U0030) in that
style.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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You can of course use an EQ field to create a "zero with stroke":
{ EQ \o(0,/) }

FWIW, "Latin capital letter O with a stroke" (Ø) and its lowercase version
(ø) are used in Norwegian and Danish, corresponding to the Swedish letters
Ö, ö. (All of these letters are available in the ANSI character set.)
 
Carrying this on a step further, be aware that if you do use an EQ
field to construct a slashed zero, it won't be recognized as a digit
by other fields (such as {=SUM(ABOVE)} that do calculations with text.
If you use a font that contains the proper glyph as Suzanne said, then
it will behave like a zero in calculations.

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Jay Freedman
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Good point.

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Stefan Blom
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Jay Freedman said:
Carrying this on a step further, be aware that if you do use an EQ
field to construct a slashed zero, it won't be recognized as a digit
by other fields (such as {=SUM(ABOVE)} that do calculations with text.
If you use a font that contains the proper glyph as Suzanne said, then
it will behave like a zero in calculations.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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And even if you don't need to do calculations with the zero, if it's a
Danish slashed-cap-O, it doesn't line up with the numbers above and
below it (it's wider than the width of the actual digits).
 
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