Ned is right re: the Mac keyboard, even when you're in English mode. With the Keyboard Viewer applet, I can easily see what happens when I press Alt, Ctrl, etc., or combinations thereof.
Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Carlos: So, what, were they psychos, or... Seth: Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a **** how crazy they are!" ---From Quentin Tarantino's 'From Dusk Til Dawn' On Dec 31, 2008, at 2:09 AM, Edward Blumenthal wrote: > For writing in Spanish and French I change the keyboard language to > Spanish, and then assign a keyboard shortcut to toggle between > languages. This has the ñ, ç, accent marks, etc. but is a qwerty > keyboard so you don't have to learn a new keyboard. You can do this > most operating systems. > > As for less common symbols such as the €, (R) or (c), I can get them > on the mac I'm using now with the alt key. For example, with the > Spanish keyboard alt-c = (c) . I'm not sure if that works for other > operating systems. > > ned > > > Edward Blumenthal > [email protected] > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 05:35, Robert Citek <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Anyone know of a shortcut way to insert special characters into an >> OOo >> Writer document? >> >> The long way is to click on Insert > Special Characters, search, >> click >> on the one I want, and then click OK: >> >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Inserting_special_characters >> >> Is there a way to create a shortcut, e.g. something like >> Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C for copyright or some combination that involves the >> U+ code? Have been Googling but nothing, yet. >> >> Thanks in advance for any pointers. >> >> Regards, >> - Robert >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
