"Sunrat" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:00:06 -0800, Frank J Warner >
> wrote:
>
>> Fractions in your recipes show up as the mathematical symbols for pi,
>> less-than-or-equal-to, etc, instead of fractions...
>>
>> I'm not about to ask anyone to change their posting habits to
>> accommodate this problem but perhaps you can post a conversion chart...
>
> Like this?
>
> ¼ = 1/4
>
> ½ = 1/2
>
> ¾ = 3/4
>
> ° = degree symbol
>

Not sure if the ASCII shortcuts work on a Mac, but worth a try!

Alt Key + 0188 = ¼
Alt + 0189 = ½
Alt + 0190 = ¾

Frenchy