How do I make a "null sign?"

[Guest]

I am trying to make a "null sign" in Word and cannot figure out how to do it?
I am familiar with inserting symbols but cannot seem to find that particular
symbol.

 

[Guest]

It is a zero with a vertical slash running through it. It is not the capital
O with a slash through it. I found that one. I believe that is a Swedish
character. I am looking for the zero which is a more narrow O.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Words Equation Editor can insert the "Empty Set" symbol but that is a slashed
captial O rather than a slashed zero.

You can also use the Equation Field to overtype a zero with a slash.
{EQ \o(0,/)}
The curly braces are entered by typing Ctrl+F9.
Word puts spaces inside the braces. Delete them unless you want your slashed
zero to be followed by a space.
Press Alt+F9 to switch from showing the field codes to showing the result.

Simon Jones

 

[Guest]

What does a "null" sign look like?

Simon Jones

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are instructions for doing this with an EQ field at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm (almost to the end).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Tony Jollans]

By definition a "null sign" does not exist.

There is a symbol which looks like ...

N
U
L

... which is U+2400 (press and hold Alt while you type 9216 - or in recent
versions of Word type 2400 and press Alt+X)

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Tony,

The NUL character is from a completely different field,
telecommunications (along with characters such as ACK and BEL).

While a "null symbol" may not literally exist, there is a symbol for
the mathematical concept of a "null set" or "empty set". It's in the
Arial Unicode MS font as character 2205. And, contrary to Ed G's
statement earlier, it is not a zero with a vertical slash, it's a
circle with a diagonal slash.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Tony Jollans]

Hi Jay,

I didn't think of the empty set symbol which is easily got with the Equation
editor (in 2007 anyway).

I seem to have some sort of problem with the group as I don't see Ed G's
reply with that statement ... but ... if I search for messages from Ed G it
comes up so now I'm sure you've found the symbol he's after. I don't have
time to investigate right now.