Entering a "Slashed Zero" in Your Document

For some editing purposes, you may have a need to use a "slashed zero" in your documents. You know—these are the zeros that have a slash through them. They are often used in technical documents to differentiate the zero from the capital letter O.

If you have a need to use this character, you have two choices. First, you can find a font that actually uses the slashed zero in it. If you use this character a lot, this is probably the best long-term solution. If you only need to use the character periodically, however, you can follow these steps:

1. Position the insertion point where you want the slashed zero to appear.
2. Press Ctrl+F9. Word inserts field braces.
3. Type "eq \o (0,/)". (You should not include the quote marks.)
4. Press Shift+F9. Word collapses your field and the slashed zero appears.