On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 11:51 +1000, Buggy Code wrote: > Hi > > Moving away from MS Word - I seem to miss a feature in OOffice that I > liked in Word. > I frequently need to insert special symbol characters to my text. In MS > Word I can assign key sequences to specific symbols such a Ctrl,Alt, > [left arrow] for an -> symbol. Can something like this be easily > achieved in OOffice writer? >
There are a number of ways to do this. I would recommend that you have a look at http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/various_topics/Howto_special_char.pdf to see if any of these methods appeal. There are also a couple of tools that might also prove useful for you to evaluate: 1. teh Alt key handlers from http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ 2. http://www.thessalonica.org.ru/en/ -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
