If I type 3/7 you can see it actually calculates the result. So for instance I'll do Command Space to bring up Spotlight here.
Now this is a very important method of doing it because it's a method that the computer understands when you're doing math calculations. You can see this in examples online and everything. But typically you can see this everywhere.
Maybe with the exception of the nicest typeset things like posters or something like that. This is so universally used that it's okay pretty much in any circumstance to use it. So, for instance, if I wanted to type three sevenths I would just type 3 slash 7. The main option, and what most people use, is just use the slash key on your keyboard. Now what if you want to use a fraction that's not one of those few that have special characters. So you can actually use the ¼ character, I can just click on that and this is a single character, and that should show up okay on just about any computer. Video Transcript: These are special characters that are part of like the universal character set that all computers have. Check out 4 Ways To Type Fractions On a Mac at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
