davej - I appreciate your help, and yes, I do know how to make both the division symbol and a long line, and I often refer to the link you provided. I was hoping there was something I was missing in making the 'inline' horizontal division symbol, so it stayed nicely in place as opposed to taking up 2-3 lines, since often times there is a large chunk of text before and after the equation. As Foxy Mod noted, using a regular long line as you've shown displays the equation over two lines, which does not look good, since it is mid-sentence. After much research, the general consensus here is correct - there really is not an easy fix, and I don't run across it often enough to learn/buy Mathematica or other software, so I'll just stick with the traditional division symbol. Thanks for your help everyone!