Hi Anne Excellent! Thanks a lot, that's what I needed. I'm very rusty as I'm sure you'll know, just starting to slowly get back into things. I will write to you privately shortly.
Gordon On 2 Jan 2012, at 15:46, Anne Robertson wrote: In System Preferences, go to the Language&Text pane. Select the Text tab. Go right to Use symbol and text substitution and make sure that the check box is checked. Below that check box is a table of substitutions. Make sure that the 1/3 is checked, then when you type 1/3 it will be converted to the 1-third symbol. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>