keyboard Shortcut for the ½ character

RincewindWIZZ

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Hi

I have some tedious data entry to do into a spreadsheet. Mostly text.
Every once in a while I have to use the 1/2 character in a string

So I can copy and paste the character from the clipboard (very quick)
but copy/paste gets used a lot anyway so then I have
- to stop typing. go find the 1/2 character and copy/paste (very slow); or
- insert symbol (which is a slow process)
I dont seem to be able to create a keyboard shortcut
I cant execute a macro in the middle of typing a row of text

I tried using autocorrect to change 1/2 into the half character and that's not bad but it only seems to work if there is a space in front of the 1
so
21/2 does not change but
2 1/2 becomes 2½ which is great

Any better suggestions?

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