For a sporadic use
Insert>Special Characters and choose a *Unicode* Font containing the IPA
ranges (among the best, the free http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&cat_id=FontDownloadsDoulos Doulos SIL or http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?&item_id=CharisSILfont Charis SIL . If you type regularly some IPA chars, you can record a short macro for every char (>Tools>Macros>Record a Macro...) and after that record a keyboard shortcut for every of the above macro (>Tools>Customize>Keyboard...). It can take some time with repetitive, though easy procedures. But once it is done, you just type the keyboard shortcut for every char or chars combination you recorded. It is of course advisable to keep some mnemonic link between the shortcut and the char/chars combination (with their diacritics) e.g. : a ɐ ɑ ɒ æ æ b β ɓ ʙ c cʼ ç ǂ d ɖ ɗ e ɛ ə ɜ ɘ ɵ f ɸ g ɣ ɠ ɢ ʛ h ɦ ħ ʔ ʕ ɰ i ɨ ɪ j ʝ ʄ ɟ k kʼ l ʎ ɭ ɬ ʟ ɮ m ɱ n ɳ ŋ ɴ ɲ o ø œ ɔ ɶ ɞ p pʼ ʘ q qʼ ǃ r ɾ ɽ ʀ ɹ ɻ ʁ s ɵ ʂ s' ʃ t ʈ tʼ ʈʼ ǀ ǁ u ʉ ɯ ʊ ʌ ɤ v ʋ x χ y ʏ z ð ʐ ʒ Regards Jean-François -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/In-Writer-how-can-I-type-characters-from-the-IPA-International-Phonetic-Alphabet-tp3360774p3362241.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted