Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-05-27 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 17/04/2014 Julian Thomas wrote: Alt (which is the option key on a mac) doesn't bring up any of the menubar items. As noted by Herbert in https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124972 this is by design: it was disabled on Mac OS X in 2007 since it seemed odd on a Mac. If Mac OS X

Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-05-27 Thread Julian Thomas
On 27 May 2014, at 07:17, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: As noted by Herbert in https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124972 this is by design: it was disabled on Mac OS X in 2007 since it seemed odd on a Mac. If Mac OS X users want to change it back, it can probably be

Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-05-02 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 18/04/2014 Julian Thomas wrote: On 17 Apr 2014, at 03:44, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Mnemonics (and their existence) are language-dependent. Are you using OpenOffice in English yes - US english. jt Is this still an issue with the new OpenOffice 4.1 on Mac? In Writer, do you see underlined

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 20:51 16/04/2014 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote: On 16 Apr 2014, at 19:51, Brian Barker wrote: In any case, you can set your own keyboard shortcut. o Go to Tools | Customize... | Keyboard (or wherever that is on a Mac). o At the top right, select OpenOffice or Writer (or whatever). o Under

Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Julian Thomas wrote: On 16 Apr 2014, at 19:51, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: I can't speak for the Mac, but Alt+I, U, F gets there for me. Does this not work (perhaps using Option) on a Mac? If you press Option, don't the relevant letters appear underlined in the menus?

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:21 16/04/2014 -0400, Tracey Belle wrote: 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. On my old versions of Office, I could create a keystroke combination to

Re: Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-17 Thread Julian Thomas
On 17 Apr 2014, at 03:44, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Mnemonics (and their existence) are language-dependent. Are you using OpenOffice in English yes - US english. jt --- List Conduct Guidelines:

symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Tracey Belle
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. On my old versions of Office, I could create a keystroke combination to associate with a particular symbol,

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:21:02 -, 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

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread wils_mail
Belle Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:21 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: symbol shortcut? 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. On my old

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread James Knott
johnny smith wrote: there are at least three options: You forgot one. Use the appropriate keyboard layout. It's easy to add and even switch among different layouts. Many special characters, such as the Euro (€), are included in the U.S. International layout. I just used it the previous

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
The Insert Picture from File is just one click away if you have selected View -- Toolbars -- Insert. Personally I like the Insert Special Characters in the Sidebar like we have the Text Properties. Even better to have the ability to drag Toolbars into the Sidebar making the Sidebar customizable

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:17 16/04/2014 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote: Yes, but in addition a lot more keyboard shortcuts would be very welcome. For instance Insert - Picture - From File requires a lot of mousing (this is on a Mac). No shortcuts are shown for any of the steps. I can't speak for the Mac, but

Keyboard shortcuts (was Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Julian Thomas
On 16 Apr 2014, at 19:51, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: I can't speak for the Mac, but Alt+I, U, F gets there for me. Does this not work (perhaps using Option) on a Mac? If you press Option, don't the relevant letters appear underlined in the menus? NO - and that's the

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Julian Thomas
On 16 Apr 2014, at 19:51, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: In any case, you can set your own keyboard shortcut. o Go to Tools | Customize... | Keyboard (or wherever that is on a Mac). o At the top right, select OpenOffice or Writer (or whatever). o Under Functions | Category,

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Doug
On 04/16/2014 03:15 PM, johnny smith wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:21:02 -, 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