Dan Lewis wrote: > On Wednesday February 14 2007 2:14 pm, Ennio-Sr wrote: >> * Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [140207, 09:30]: >> > On Wednesday February 14 2007 9:21 am, Ennio-Sr wrote: >> > > Hi all! >> > > [using OOo2.1 under Linux/Debian/Etch] >> > > >> > > Did I discover hot water? ... >> > > [...] >> > > Ennio >> > >> > Sorry, but the water cooled off quite quickly. Since >> > these >> > are shortcuts, they are found under shortcuts. Specifically, >> > look for shortcut keys:in text documents. You might want to >> > look at the other items in the category of shortcuts. There >> > are many listed there. >> > >> > Dan >> >> Oh, that's fine: one never ends learning... >> What about my side doubt: is it correct that ALT+char_number >> doesn't give any char and you have to us Insert/Special >> character? >> >> Ennio > > Sorry, it does not work without some "major" changes. > Search > Help for secial characters. It describes how to get that to > work. There may well be a macro that will do it also. > > Dan
Using the 'compose key' (right Win key on my suse 10 system) + characters will allow you to create most compound characters. e.g. <compose> + ~ , followed by n gives me ñ (ascii 241) -- John [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
