On 03/03/07, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Harold, the technique I use is «Ctrl + Shift» with the left hand and, holding these down, «u» with the right, after which all three keys are released and the remaining keys typed one after the other. Thus, first «Ctrl + Shift + u», followed by 0,a,2 in succession, and then space-bar → ¢. Complicated ? Yes, and more so (but also more powerful) than the «Alt + 0xxx» that was available to me when using Windows XP, but the procedure doesn't require extraordinary dexterity, and to my mind is to be preferred to a cut and paste procedure or opening Character Manager and drawing and dropping. Thus I am grateful to JJJ for making me aware of these possibilities. If you have access to a Linux machine, give it a try and let us hear what you think !... Henri
Ahh. Thank you very much. I had the (wrong, as I now realise) impression that the 0,a and 2 had to be pressed *while* the Ctrl+Shift+u were being held down; this is what I found impossible. On Windows XP, the Ctrl+Shift+u trick works in Wordpad but *not* in OpenOffice; I can't test MS office because I don't have it installed. Also, in Wordpad, after hitting the 0, a and 2, you need to do Alt+x *instead of* the space bar to make the cent sign appear. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
