On 04/01/2008 16:41, M Henri Day wrote:
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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.
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Harold Fuchs
Harold, my apologies. When I tested the procedure I outlined above, I had
inadvertently opened the competition's word processor, in which it does
indeed work as described. For some reason, however, when I try it in OOo's
Writer, it works only from glyph 33 (!) to glyph 255 (ÿ) ; i e, it fails
when I try to use it to represent glyphs with decimal codes ≥ 256. But after
downloading the Quick Unicode Tool suggested by Jim Allan, the procedure
works perfectly for all decimal codes I've hitherto tried. Thanks Jim for
the tip !...
Henri
Henri, apology unnecessary but fully accepted. Just a shame that Jim
Allan's bug hasn't been fixed yet.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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