Re: [libreoffice-users] presumed errors in help text

At 19:14 03/04/2016 -0400, Marianne Keating wrote:
> With Win 7, LO 4.4.7.2 (also confirmed with 4.2.7.2) if one does F1 
> - shortcut keys - general, one finds a section (here truncated):
>
> Practical Text Input Fields
> 2. Use the shortcut keys Ctrl+Shift+S to open the *Special 
> Characters* dialog to insert one or more special characters.
> 10. The Ctrl+Z shortcut keys are used to undo modifications one step 
> at a time; the text will then have the status it had before the first change.
>
> #2 is wrong, and so blatantly wrong in the ordinary context, that I 
> have to wonder whether there is some misunderstanding on my part. 
> Does the "Text Input Fields" title imply some area of editing other 
> than normal document work, where different rules apply?

Yes. It means a Text Input Field as created by Insert | Fields > | 
Other... | Functions | Input Field. Whilst the Input Field dialogue 
is open (either when creating the field or later when editing it), 
Ctrl+Shift+S does indeed open the Special Characters dialogue.

> #10 is also wrong as written, or at least incomplete, inasmuch as 
> normally multiple ^Z strokes would be needed to return to the 
> initial condition.

I suspect the author would claim that this is what is intended by 
"one step at a time" and that "before the first change" refers to 
whichever changes have been undone.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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