This portable freeware does the job: https://www.azhagi.com/
(In case of link problems, that is https: followed by www.azhagi.com ) It enables you to type text in almost any language (or combination of languages) into almost any application. It's harmless and self-contained: it doesn't change any settings in the system or in any application. It only affects the keyboard, and only when you explicitly turn it on. <https://www.azhagi.com/alec.php> The software was originally created to handle languages of the Indian subcontinent, but some linguaholic übernerd added keyboard mappings for lots of other languages, here: https://www.azhagi.com/alec.php (In case of link problems, that is https: followed by www.azhagi.com<http://www.azhagi.com/>/alec.php ) Without needing to click anything, you can type pretty much all the Latin-alphabet languages with a single keyboard layout. (Sic.) The layout is designed to be easy to remember, so you won't need a crib sheet after the first couple of times. For example, once you've learned how to add an acute accent to a letter, you can use the same key-presses to add an acute accent to any letter, in any language, that can take an acute accent, e.g.: á É ń Ś ẃ Ĺ ź ǽ etc. Best wishes, Alec ________________________________ From: Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> Sent: 30 April 2023 18:02 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert Special Characters Den sön 30 apr. 2023 kl 19:08 skrev Jonathan Allen < [email protected]>: > Dear Harald, > > > I think they changed it to make it easier. > > >Double-click on a special character will insert it into the document.< > > Yes, I read that. But it doesn't make it easier - in fact it makes > it much more difficult. Before I could single click on anything > between 1-10 (or more) characters in the character map, then click > 'Insert' and the whole string was dropped neatly into my document. > Now I have to double click each character (and vowel-point/accent) > in turn, then re-enter Insert Special Character. Not a clever choice. > > Jonathan > > Another option would be to use something like AutoKey (on Linux) or AutoHotKey (on Windows) to type those characters for you, or if you use Linux you can just use the Compose key (a lot of information about that online). If you haven't heard of AutoKey or AutoHotKey, they make it possible to create shortcuts to special characters and whole phrases. For instance you could create a phrase with the ℃ character and insert it by typing degC or something. I use both all the time (AutoKey at home and AutoHotKey at work, since my job computer unfortunately only have Windows), and I find them extremely useful for a lot of things. The advantage of using Autokey or AutoHotKey is that you can insert your special characters and phrases anywhere, not only in LibreOffice. 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