Keyboard shortcuts can be saved to a file, and that file can be loaded into the new version (this didn't work for some versions, though).
But why do you use keyboard shortcuts for just typing single characters? There are a lot of better ways to do that. You don't mention what operating system you are using, but I think this is doable in all known recent operating systems. The thing is that I think this should be done in the operating system rather than in OpenOffice.org, because that makes it possible to use those characters in ALL of your applications, not only OpenOffice.org. In Linux you can use the Compose key feature for this. Define a compose key (Caps Lock is a good idea, since nobody use it anyway). Then, just hit Compose (Caps Lock in this case), release it, then hit ´ and finally e and the result will be é. Compose " e will be ë and so on, making it possible to type Citroën and a very few more words… If you are on Windows, I don't think this works, BUT there is an application called AllChars that emulates this technique. It's free and I think it's open source too these days (it wasn't a few yuears ago when I had windows, but I think they changed that). Maybe this wasn't an answer to your question, but I still think this is better done in the operating system (or in third party applications) than in OpenOffice.org… 2009/8/12 Philip Watson <[email protected]>: > Dear Sir, > > Have downloaded the new Open Office version 3 replaceing older 2.4. I had > Shortcuts for french characters eg a, e ,i , o, u with accents etc. How do > I re-set these shortcuts in version 3? > > Thanks > Phil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
