On some occasions, you may want to use a slashed zero in your document. Very often, they are used in technical documents to delineate a zero from the capital letter O.
Should you want to use this character, you have two choices. Firstly, you can find a font that actually uses the slashed zero in it. If you use this character a lot, this is probably the best solution.
Otherwise, follow the steps below:
- Place your cursor where you would like the slashed zero to appear.
- Click Ctrl+F9 to insert field braces.
- Key in eq \o (0,/)
- Click Shift+F9 to collapse your field and the slashed zero will appear in your document..