SandyU wrote: > James McKenzie wrote: >> [whack] >>> >> Actually, I could not find the ALT key as bindable under the Mac OS X >> version. I suspect that this is the same for most UNIX variants as the >> ALT key is not available to applications in most version of UNIX. >> >> > I use the Alt+Q combination to close the console because it likes to > keep Ctrl for other purposes. > Ok. This is definitely a good reason to want to keep this key for other purposes. Another is if the key is mapped in the windowing system (Gnome or KDE) and is reused in the application. Can lead to unpredicable results. > I suspect Alt is required by OpenOffice to access its menu. > Yes, the alt+key combination is used under X11 to access the top level menu. I don't know about Windows, but I can state that this does not work for many reasons under the Mac OS X releases. > There is an Alt keyhandler for writer here: > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ Interesting. I just found a solution to allow posting of document information at this same site through an open issue (problem complaint.) > > I've never used it because I avoid using Writer. If I had to do a lot > of wordprocessing, I'd get something else. Why? I find that Writer is quite versitile, sometimes easier to use than Microsoft Word. For basic documents, Word is sufficient, but since I have to do complex documents which include tables of authorities, it is actually easier to use Writer.
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