Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Spanish/French Accent Marks

On 05/05/2011 03:48 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
> Le 2011-05-04 22:34, nhtrader a écrit :
> > ubuntu 10.04
> > libreoffice 3.3.0
> >
> > I'm trying to do spanish and french homework with libreoffice writer. 
> > I know
> > that I can insert special characters, but this is too slow and 
> > cumbersome.
> > In word I can use the ALT Key sequence such as ALT+0153 for TradeMark or
> > ALT+0169 for copyright. However, the numbers must be from the numeric 
> > keypad
> > and not from the row above QWERTY. Using these codes is faster than 
> > moving
> > the mouse around and clicking several times.
> >
> > I've tried the same keystrokes with libreoffice writer and they don't 
> > work.
> >
> > What are the keystrokes required to enter the universal keycode for any
> > special character such as Spanish and French accent marks?
> >
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>
> Another option is to let the spell check do its work. As long as you 
> are aware of the spelling and the missing accented characters, then 
> this may be the simplest solution.
>
> Cheers
>
> Marc
How hard would it be to use an on-screen keyboard?  If you have a French 
keyboard showing on the screen, then you could use it to type in those 
letters that are not on the English physical keyboard.  Do the same for 
Spanish.  I use to know a language teacher that use to do that.  She 
used an on-screen keyboard to type in all those letters that she did not 
have using the "cheap" USA keyboards the school used.  Actually it is 
almost like using a keyboard on smart phones or some other keyboard-less 
handheld device, so you should be able to do that.

As for letting dictionaries solve the accent marks, that could be an 
easy solution.  As long as you have French and/or Spanish ones set up 
for use.  Tools>Language>For All Text  --- should set up your 
dictionaries to use Spanish or French, if you installed them.  If you 
did not, this link will lead you to many, many, dictionaries that you 
can install using the Extension Manager. 
http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html#dict

If you are using Spanish you may need to find out what version the 
teacher wants.  Spain-Spanish or Mexico-Spanish.  Each has their own 
dictionaries.  There are also a few different French dictionaries as well.



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