2007/3/3, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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
Thanks for your reply, Harold ; that was valuable information indeed ! It seems a bit odd to me that the procedure you describe - «Ctrl + Shift + u», followed by 0,a,2, and then «Alt + x» (is that correct ?), to give ¢ - would work in Notepad but not on OOo - if I remember correctly, the «Alt + 0xxx» manœuvre works in both, presumably as it's a Windows, rather than an OOo procedure. Perhaps some other more knowledgeable list member could enlighten us ? It would also be interesting to determine if it worked in Word, and not least, in Vista.... Henri -- 老朽 頓首 M Henri Day, PhD, MD Stadshagsvägen 22, 5tr S-112 50 Stockholm SUÈDE Tel : +46 8 6183098 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype/Google Talk : mhenriday http://mhenriday.googlepages.com http://mhenriday.blogspot.com/
