Comments on: How to make a division symbol in a computer document

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:00:05 +0000

One more thing. If you use the first method that I discribed, you can cut and paste it out of Powerpoint into MSWord and it will work just fine. For some reason, it will not work if you do steps 1 – 13 in MSWord. Go figure! :-)

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:55:00 +0000

Here are 2 ways to make a Long Division Sign (with the Vinculum bar) in Powerpoint:
1. Click the Insert tab, then click Shapes.
2. Insert a curved line.
3. Left click the curve and pull the yellow diamond down to make a curve.
4. Insert a straight horizontal line (under shapes) and attach it to the curve from step 3. (This creates your vinculum bar.)
5.Group the two objects — By left-clicking the curve, Hold the shift button and left-click the line. Right-click on of the objects and select “Group” twice.
6. Click the Insert tab, and then select Equation. You will get a message saying “Type equation here.”
7. Move your division symbol created in step 5 on top of the words that say “Type Equation here.” Type equation here.
8. Resize the vinculum bar if needed.
9. Group the two images as described in step 5.
10. Repeat step 6. The words “Type equation here” to the left of the image shown in step 7. This will be your divisor.
11. Group the images.
12. Extend the vinculum line if needed.
13. Now you can type any equation or number to replace the words “Type equation here.”

Another way is to Go to “Insert”. Click “Object.” Then click “Microsoft Equation 3.0.” Click the button the has the division and radical sign. The division sign is located in that section.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:55:37 +0000

Great to find this, I have always struggled to apply this to word documents! In 2010 if you don’t want to have problems moving and inserting numbers after inserting it into your doc–leave it with the handles on so that you have the picture tools up. If you dont just click onthe division symbol and the picture tools will come back. Go to , go to “format tab, arrange group, and click on wrap text down arrow and select “behind text”. After that you can move, rearrange and place it anywhere, incuding typing under it. Thanks!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:06:27 +0000

Use the Math Add In from Microsoft found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downl.....e505b3bf09

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:46:06 +0000

I don’t, sorry. I no longer have any Microsoft software on my computer (I’m on a Mac) so I can’t go fiddle around with it to figure it out for you. If you do find a solution, would you be kind enough to come back and share it with other readers?
Good luck!
Brian

By: dlc1441

dlc1441 — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:21:45 +0000

I still can’t get it to work in a table in a Word document. Any suggestions?

By: Math Software For Kids

Math Software For Kids — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:42:00 +0000

Interesting and very informative.. can’t wait to try this. Thanks for sharing the steps.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:36:27 +0000

This was very helpful.

fyi: In Word 2007 I set the font to 20 (Calibri), shrank the picture to 0.34″ X 0.77″, and used three spaces with the Normal formatting option.

By: Max Bartolo

Max Bartolo — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:11:07 +0000

Extremely useful, hopefully in the future it will start being incorporated into fonts too