If the cursor happens to be in the position where the dialog pops up, you can actually close it without mouse manipulation.
I tried looking for a way of giving focus to the dialog box via the keyboard but was unsucessful. I also second Eike's suggestion regarding keyboard mapping of frequently used tasks to reduce physical discomfort. On 8/17/05, Eike Rathke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Addison, > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:51:55 -0700, Addison wrote: > > > In the Word Perfect Quattro Pro spreadsheet program, you > > can just do a <ctrl-shift-L> to automatically fill in a series (without > any > > pop-up dialog). I was hoping for the same functionality in Open Office, > but > > it looks like it's not possible to avoid that dialog when using the > > keyboard. > > You can at least assign the Edit.Fill.Series to a hotkey, however, the > final dialog still needs confirmation with the enter key, which I think > isn't that bad.. From within a spreadsheet go to menu Tools.Customize, > tabpage Keyboard, select Shortcut keys Control+Shift+L, Category Edit, > Function Series, click Modify. > > Eike > > -- > OOo/SO Calc core developer. Number formatter bedevilled I18N > transpositionizer. > GnuPG key 0x293C05FD: 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- My OpenOffice Calc Website http://www.openofficetips.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
