On 04/16/2014 03:15 PM, johnny smith wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:21:02 -0000, Tracey Belle
<mini-...@comcast.net> wrote:
Hi there. I've been hoping OpenOffice adds the feature of creating
keystroke shortcuts for special characters to be inserted, rather than
using the menu to insert special characters.
there are at least three options:
(1) assign an autocorrect combination to your special character, such
as _E for euro sign. however, you will have to precede and succeed it
with whitespace characters, which is not always convenient: e. g.,
when you want to insert an 'a umlaut' instead of 'a' to the german
word 'bar' (bear) by using :a as a shortcut, you have to type
'b<space>:a<space><backspace><left arrow><backspace><right arrow>r',
which is quite long.
(2) record a macro (tools -> macros -> record macro, then insert a
character through the dialogue, stop recording and save the macro) and
assign a shortcut to it (tools -> customise -> keyboard, choose a key
combination and find your macro in the list of categories under
'openoffice.org macros -> user').
(3) under windows some alt+(a number from the numpad) shortcuts are
provided by the system, e. g. alt+123 is a '{' or alt+1 is a smiley
face (see on the net). under linuxes localisation options a still more
extensive, with some four or so symbols assignable to each key through
different combinations of alt, shift, ctrl, scroll lock etc.
In Linux, you can add a Compose key--right-ALT--is good, or right
WINDOWS if your keyboard has winkeys. In Windows, there are a number of
programs that do the same thing. With the Compose key, you can get all
the diacritics for western European languages, the various
currency symbols €, ¢ ¥ £ á é ç ä ö ü ß and some fractions like ½ ⅓ ⅞
and a batch of other things. The Compose key operates by
first striking Compose key, then two other keys that will make the
character. Most of the combinations are obvious. For Windows,
Google AllChars, WinCompose, FreeCompose, and others. I think this is
the simplest way to get almost any character you might need.
There are more thorough and complicated ways, but look at this first.
--doug
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