Thanks for reply, alt+X is exactly what i need. The font in question (liberation sans/serif) as i say *does* have the characters but i still cant seem to get them in the special chars dialog. Thanks /G. -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 28/9/18, Regina Henschel <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] insert unicode char in writer To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 28 September, 2018, 11:52 Hi Gary, Gary Collins schrieb am 28-Sep-18 um 11:51: > Hi > I would like to be able to insert some unicode characters into writer doc but cant find a way to do this directly. Type U+0161 and then press Alt+X, for example. Alt+X is a toggle. You can use it also to look, which code a character has. Insert special char doesnt seem to be able to find the chars i want, but maybe i'm not doing something right. The special character dialog works, but you need to know which font has a glyph for the character. Otherwise the character will not be shown in the selection pane. I have a workaround using calc; i can enter the hex codes as text (row 1) and (row 2) use a formula =UNICHAR(HEX2DEC(A1)) filled acrosd adjacent column and finally copy row 2 and paste as unformatted text into writer. This works but is rather longwinded to say the least. It does show that its not a problem with the font or with writer's ability to display the required chars; its just that i'd like a way to enter them directly into the writer documext. > The chars in question were hex A723, A725, 1E25, 1E2B, 1E96, 0161 (this one i *could* use insert special char), 1E6F, 1E0F. > Build 1:5.2.2-0ubuntu2.1 Have you looked, whether Ubuntu has a direct input method? On Windows it is possible to use the numpad for direct input, although I prefer the U+hexnumber method of LibreOffice. Kind regards Regina -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
