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

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:34 AM, nhtrader <jameskel@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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?

This is generally an operating system issue. The operating system (and
the graphical environment) should provide the means to type in
different scripts. Libreoffice extensions or autocorrect features are
workarounds.

If you use Linux, you can select a keyboard layout that supports all
sort of typing Latin characters.
For example, the default Great Britain keyboard layout allows to write
any Latin language (includes all European scripts), and also
characters such as ṩšṧ and so on.
If you also enable the Compose sequences, you can also type ©™①②€, etc.

If you want Greek, you can install the default Greek keyboard layout,
and you can type characters such as ᾅᾀΰϡϠϲϹϟϞϻϺʹ͵
(read more at http://simos.info/blog/archives/888 )

In GTK+ applications you can also type arbitrary Unicode characters with
Ctrl+Shift+u unihex. For example, Ctrl+Shift+u 7877 = 硷 or
Ctrl+Shift+u  2b1b = ⬛

Simos

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