Fraction Data Type

The Fraction data type formats your text as a numerical fraction, complete with a numerator and a denominator. Once you choose to format your text as a fraction, you can customize the appearance by specifying a locale and various formatting options.

To format your text as a fraction

On the Data Type tab, the following options are available for data sources formatted as a fraction:

Locale: Specifies the language and country of the selected numerical format.
Use native numerals: Specifies whether to use Arabic numerals or the native numeric system when using a Locale that supports alternative numeric systems. Available for the following locales: Arabic (Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, U.A.E., Yemen), Assamese (India), Bengali (Bangladesh, India), Dari (Afghanistan), Gujarati (India), Kannada (India), Khmer (Cambodia), Konkani (India), Lao (Lao P.D.R.), Malayalam (India), Marathi (India), Nepali (Nepal), Oriya (India), Pashto (Afghanistan), Persian (Iran), Punjabi (India), Sanskrit (India), Telugu (India), Thai (Thailand), and Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan).
Use composite fraction symbols: When enabled, formats fractions as a single character (i.e., ½). Otherwise, fractions will be displayed as separate characters (i.e., 1/2).
Precision: Specifies the degree to which BarTender will round a complex fraction. For example, selecting 'As quarters' will round your fraction to the nearest 1/4, while selecting 'Up to 3 digits' will round your fraction to the nearest 1/999.
Improper fractions: Defines how to format improper fractions. An improper fraction contains a higher numerator (upper number) than denominator (lower number) (i.e., 4/3). Alternatively, these fractions can be formatted as mixed fractions, a combination of an integer and a regular fraction (i.e., 1 1/3).