I know it may sound blatently obvious, but try typing 1/2, that's 1 slash 2, no spaces. Hope that helps. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Beasley To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:15 PM Subject: [access-uk] Queery How do you type the character1 half on a computer? On an old fashioned typewriter there was a key for it.