>From the "insert" menu select "special character". For the font type select >"symbol". You should see lots of checkboxes. I do the same type of lists for >work.
-----Original Message----- From: Harold Fuchs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 5:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] Inserting check boxes in Writer 2009/10/17 Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> > 2009/10/16 AG <[email protected]>: > > I am designing a check-list that I will be using as hard-copies. I would > > like to have tick boxes next to text, as a means of recording different > > aspects or parameters (e.g. check all that apply, out of a range of > > options). > > > > Thus far I have attempted this through experimentation with different > > paragraph and character formatting options, but nothing has worked. In > MS > > Word, it was possible to insert a tab space, highlight that space and > then > > frame it using some formatting option (I can't remember which) and an > empty > > "box" or "oblong" would result. I am looking for something similar. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > TIA > > Do you need to be able to tick and untick those check boxes directly > by clicking it? In that case: > View → Toolbars → Form controls → Select the tick box you want → Draw > it wherever you want. → Right click it to edit preferences. > > Are the check boxes supposed to be ticked after they are printed out? > Just use those characters: > ☐ (unticked check box - U+2610) > ☑ (ticked check box - U+2611) > ☒ (ticked check box - U+2612) > > Should be included in most fonts. I actually have two of these on my > keyboard (after tweaking my keyboard layout) and I can access them by > AltGr+x and AltGr+Shift+x respectively (on US keyboards AltGr is the > right Alt key, I think). > > If you can't access these characters, just copy them from this email > and paste them into your document.☑ > > If you can't see any check boxes above, you are not using the right > character encoding (should be UTF-8). > > Johnny Rosenberg > > > > > AG > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > Saying "U+2610" is saying that you need to enter the character whose hex value is 2610. (Sorry if you knew that already). In OpenOffice you can do this via the Insert>Special Character menu but there are better ways. On Windows there are several different ways of doing it. I recommend you look at < http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm>. I use method #1 on my Win XP Pro system. This works in any program, including OpenOffice Writer, that supports Unicode. The advantage of this, of course, is that it's the same for all programs; nothing special for Writer. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
