
I think the issue might have something to do with the difference between "inline" and "display" equations. I'm copying and pasting fractions because I'm writing a document with a lot of equations, some of which are very similar, so I want to copy and paste and just edit with the changes. That would be ok if I could at least copy-and-paste my already written small fractions and have them remain "Small Fractions", but I can't - when I paste them they get converted to "Stacked Fractions". There's another type of fraction you can choose from the menu bar called a "Small Fraction", but there doesn't appear to be any shortcut (i.e., equivalent to typing "a/b" for a Stacked You can type a\/b and it will keep the expression literal as "a/b". It's equivalent to clicking "Stacked Fraction" in the Equation menu and then typing "a" in the numerator and "b" in the denominator. In the Word Options window, click the Proofing option in the left navigation pane. Click the Options link in the left navigation pane. In Word 2010, inside an equation, if you type (for example) "a/b" it automatically converts it to a b. To enable or disable the AutoFormat feature and options in Microsoft Word, follow the steps below for the version of Word on your computer. You may already be able to have Word auto format simple fractions like 1. I can't include a screenshot right now since I don't have Word 2010 on this machine. Find out how to type any fraction in Microsoft Word and have it formatted correctly. In this chapter, we will discuss how to add formula to a table in Word 2010.
