On 04/01/2008 14:45, M Henri Day wrote:
2008/1/4, Manfred J. Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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Insert | Special Characters
... and inside the 'Special Characters' window (top right):
-> Font: [select font (1)]
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These fonts (e.g.) are capable for 'Dingbats':
DejaVu Sans
Arev Sans
Arial Unicode MS
Free Serif
StarSymbol
(OpenSymbol)
Of those, I ***only*** have OpenSymbol. If I select it then I can
insert the various ticks and crosses but I ***cannot*** get them from
the keyboard.
I have tried the following, ***all*** with Numlock engaged and ***all***
while holding down the Alt key and typing digits on the **Numeric** keypad:
1. Alt 2713
2. Alt 10003 (the decimal equivalent of hex 2713)
3. Alt 023423 (the octal equivalent of hex 2713).
All of the above give different results:
1. Alt 2713 gives "Ö"
2. Alt 10003 gives "‼"
3. Alt 023423 gives nothing at all.
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You may try ->
BabelMap (Unicode Character Map Utility)
<http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html>
The above is merely a replacement for Insert>Special Character; it does
not allow one to enter hex digits. I have found
http://www.fileformat.info/tool/unicodeinput/index.htm which lets you
enter the hex digits for the required character. It runs happily on my
Windows XP Pro system. But I'd prefer not to have to use it.
Again, in Windows (XP, I haven't tried it in Vista), the formula for a given
Unicode glyph is the following «Alt + 0[the glyph's decimal code]». Thus,
given that the decimal code for «✓» is 10003 and that for «✔» is 10004, one
can enter these glyphs in an OOo text by typing «Alt + 010003» and «Alt +
10004», respectively. No Wingdings, Webdings, or Dingbats are required....
Henri
This simply does not work on my system (Win XP Pro). I get what I said
above (large umlauted O). I'd really like to know why.
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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