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How do you create the symbol for a repeating decimal in pages please?

How do you create the symbol for a repeating decimal in pages please? We use pages 09 at school.

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 11:45 AM

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Posted on Feb 25, 2015 12:03 PM

The over line will go over the decimal but not over the pair of 6s. Is there a keyboard shortcut using option like option e creating ´ and being yellow till you add the vowel under? é

I had looked in special characters but didn't see something that would work. And this doesn't quite work either….

Thank you for trying.

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Feb 25, 2015 12:03 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

The over line will go over the decimal but not over the pair of 6s. Is there a keyboard shortcut using option like option e creating ´ and being yellow till you add the vowel under? é

I had looked in special characters but didn't see something that would work. And this doesn't quite work either….

Thank you for trying.

Feb 25, 2015 12:17 PM in response to janiehile

I even thought maybe changing the baseline would work. Maybe a text box with ___ and the 66 under it and then changing the spacing of the text box so it looks like a repeating decimal.

And I think I'd have to use a text box so I didn't change the spacing on the whole document…..

Just looking for an easy way for 8 and 9 year olds to do it for their science fair projects….

Sigh.

How do you create the symbol for a repeating decimal in pages please?

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